Test 5 · ★ · What fights cost at school
«she started it so I don't have to say sorry». In a restorative meeting what's wise?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, I · What happens: start, not have, say, be · To what, where: it, restorative meeting · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 375 «What fights cost at school» 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: «she started it so I don't have to say sorry».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 started | punct |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 started | nsubj |
| 3 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 started | obj |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 have | advmod |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 have | nsubj |
| 7 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 have | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 have | advmod |
| 9 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 started | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 say | mark |
| 11 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 have | xcomp |
| 12 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 say | xcomp |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 started | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 started | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start in a quote | past | she | it | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 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 | 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: In a restorative meeting what's wise?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 meeting | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 meeting | det |
| 3 | restorative | restorative | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 meeting | amod |
| 4 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wise | obl |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 wise | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 wise | cop |
| 7 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 wise | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a restorative meeting | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Wait for her to say sorry first before you say anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 her | case |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Wait | obl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 say | mark |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 6 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 say | xcomp |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 say | advmod |
| 8 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 10 say | mark |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 say | nsubj |
| 10 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | advcl |
| 11 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 10 say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | for her = she | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | to-infinitive | you not said here | first, sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | you | anything | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic |
Option 2
Say sorry but not mean it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Say | xcomp |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 mean | cc |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 mean | advmod |
| 5 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | conj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 mean | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | imperative | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not mean | infinitive | you not said here | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 3
Leave the meeting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 meeting | det |
| 3 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | the meeting | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meeting=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Say sorry for your part, whatever she did
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Say | xcomp |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 part | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 part | nmod:poss |
| 5 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sorry | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 whatever | punct |
| 7 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 part | appos |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 did | nsubj |
| 9 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 whatever | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | imperative | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | do | past | she | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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