Test 3 · ★ · Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry
«Father said I'm forgiven, so I don't need to say sorry to her, sorted». Is that right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Father, that · What happens: say, forgive, not need, sort, be · To what, where: Father · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 355 «Cheek to grown-ups and saying sorry» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: «Father said I'm forgiven, so I don't need to say sorry to her, sorted».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 2 | Father | Father | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 forgiven | nsubj |
| 5 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 forgiven | aux:pass |
| 6 | forgiven | forgive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 said | ccomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 need | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 need | advmod |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 need | nsubj |
| 10 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 need | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 need | advmod |
| 12 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | ccomp |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 say | mark |
| 14 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 need | xcomp |
| 15 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 say | xcomp |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 her | case |
| 17 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 sorry | obl |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 sorted | punct |
| 19 | sorted | sort | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | conj |
| 20 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 19 sorted | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | Father | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | forgive in a quote | present · passive | Father | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not need in a quote | present · do-support | Father | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | say speech: apologize not said to happen, in a quote | to-infinitive | Father not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | sort in a quote | past | Father not said here | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: Is that right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Only if she asks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 asks | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 asks | mark |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 asks | nsubj |
| 4 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | she | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, forgiveness from Father covers everything, sorted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 forgiveness | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | forgiveness | forgiveness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 covers | nsubj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 Father | case |
| 5 | Father | Father | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 forgiveness | nmod |
| 6 | covers | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 covers | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 sorted | punct |
| 9 | sorted | sort | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 everything | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | present | forgiveness from Father | everything | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme everything=Destination | ||||
| 2 | sort | participle | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, priests pass it on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 pass | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | priests | priest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pass | nsubj |
| 4 | pass | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pass | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 pass | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass on | present | priests | it | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, you still say sorry to the one you hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 say | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 say | nsubj |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 5 say | advmod |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 say | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 one | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 one | det |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sorry | obl |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 hurt | nsubj |
| 11 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 one | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | present | you | still | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | hurt | present | you | the one not said here | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Patient |
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