Test 4 · ★ · Giggles, skipping and the collection plate
«I went to confession so I don't have to say sorry to my brother now». What's true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: I · What happens: go, not have, say, be · To what, where: confession · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» 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: «I went to confession so I don't have to say sorry to my brother now».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 confession | case |
| 5 | confession | confession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 went | obl |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 have | advmod |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 have | nsubj |
| 8 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 have | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 have | advmod |
| 10 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 went | parataxis |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 say | mark |
| 12 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 have | xcomp |
| 13 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 say | xcomp |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 brother | case |
| 15 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 brother | nmod:poss |
| 16 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sorry | obl |
| 17 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 say | advmod |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | past | I | confession | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to confession=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | not have in a quote | present · do-support | I | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | say speech: apologize in a quote | to-infinitive | I not said here | now | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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: What's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Confession covers everyone, including your brother
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Confession | confession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 covers | nsubj |
| 2 | covers | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 covers | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 brother | punct |
| 5 | including | include | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 brother | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 brother | nmod:poss |
| 7 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 everyone | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | present | Confession | everyone | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme everyone=Destination | ||||
| 2 | include | gerund | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Only if he 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 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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 | he | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
You still need to say sorry to him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 need | nsubj |
| 2 | still | still | ADV | _ | 3 need | advmod |
| 3 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 say | mark |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 need | xcomp |
| 6 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 say | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sorry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | You | still | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize not said to happen | to-infinitive | You not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Brothers don't need sorrys
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 need | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 need | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 need | advmod |
| 4 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | sorrys | sorry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not need | present · do-support | Brothers | sorrys | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sorry=Theme |
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