Test 4 · ★ · Making peace between the streets
«sorry… but u started it». Is that a real apology?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u · What happens: start, be · To what, where: it, real apology
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 394 «Making peace between the streets» 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: «sorry… but u started it».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 started | punct |
| 2 | sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 6 started | discourse |
| 3 | … | … | PUNCT | _ | 6 started | punct |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 started | cc |
| 5 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 started | nsubj |
| 6 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 started | obj |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 started | punct |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 started | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start in a quote | past | u | it | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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 a real apology?
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 | 5 apology | cop |
| 2 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 apology | mark |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 apology | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 apology | amod |
| 5 | apology | apology | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 apology | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a real apology | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, if he did start it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 start | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 start | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 start | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 start | aux |
| 6 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 start | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | past · do-support | he | it | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 2
Only if you say it twice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 say | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 say | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 say | obj |
| 6 | twice | twice | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 say | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | you | it | twice property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, a real sorry doesn't blame the other person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 blame | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sorry | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sorry | amod |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 blame | nsubj |
| 6 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 blame | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 blame | advmod |
| 8 | blame | blame | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 person | det |
| 10 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 person | amod |
| 11 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 blame | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not blame | present · do-support | a real sorry | the other person | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, it has the word sorry in it, so it counts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 word | det |
| 6 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obj |
| 7 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 has | xcomp |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sorry | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 counts | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 counts | advmod |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 counts | nsubj |
| 13 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 has | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | it | the word | sorry property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient | |||
| 2 | count | present | word | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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