Test 10 · Forgiving
In a cartoon, after a sorry everyone hugs and it's all instantly perfect. What's more common in real life?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: everyone, sorry · What happens: hug, be · To what, where: cartoon, real life
This is test 10 of lesson 454 «Forgiving» 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: In a cartoon, after a sorry everyone hugs and it's all instantly perfect.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hugs | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 sorry | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sorry | det |
| 7 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hugs | obl |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 hugs | nsubj |
| 9 | hugs | hug | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 perfect | cc |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 perfect | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 perfect | cop |
| 13 | all | all | ADV | _ | 15 perfect | advmod |
| 14 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 15 perfect | advmod |
| 15 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 hugs | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 hugs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hug | present | everyone | a cartoon | after a sorry | vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | is | present | sorry | all, instantly, perfect property | tree rules |
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 more common in real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 common | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 common | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 common | advmod |
| 4 | common | common | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 life | case |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 life | amod |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 common | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 common | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real life | common property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Sorry makes people forget
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 makes | obj |
| 4 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Sorry | people | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | forget | infinitive | people not said here | tree rules |
Option 2
Everything is perfect at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 perfect | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 perfect | cop |
| 3 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 once | case |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 3 perfect | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Everything | perfect property | tree rules |
Option 3
Nobody ever forgives anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 forgives | nsubj |
| 2 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 forgives | advmod |
| 3 | forgives | forgive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 forgives | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forgive | present | Nobody | anyone | ever | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Forgiveness and trust take some time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forgiveness | forgiveness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 take | nsubj |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 trust | cc |
| 3 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Forgiveness | conj |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 time | det |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | Forgiveness and trust | time | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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