Test 11 · Forgiving Theo's ex-friend never says sorry. Theo says hi in the corridor months later. What has Theo done?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ex-friend, Theo · What happens: not say, say, do · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 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: Theo's ex-friend never says sorry.
nmod:poss case nsubj advmod xcomp punct root Theo PROPN 's PART ex-friend NOUN never ADV says VERB sorry ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Theo Theo PROPN Number=Sing 3 ex-friend nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Theo case 3 ex-friend ex-friend NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 4 never never ADV PronType=Neg 5 says advmod 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 5 says xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not say speech: apologize present Theo's ex-friend 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: Theo says hi in the corridor months later.
nsubj discourse case det compound obl:unmarked advmod punct root Theo PROPN says VERB hi INTJ in ADP the DET corridor NOUN months NOUN later ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Theo Theo PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 hi hi INTJ _ 2 says discourse 4 in in ADP _ 7 months case 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 months det 6 corridor corridor NOUN Number=Sing 7 months compound 7 months month NOUN Number=Plur 8 later obl:unmarked 8 later late ADV Degree=Cmp 2 says advmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Theo late property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What has Theo done?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON has AUX Theo PROPN done VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 done obj 2 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 done aux 3 Theo Theo PROPN Number=Sing 4 done nsubj 4 done do VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 done punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do present · perfect Theo vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Become best friends with him all over again
amod xcomp case nmod advmod advmod advmod root Become VERB best ADJ friends NOUN with ADP him PRON all ADV over ADV again ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Become become VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 3 friends amod 3 friends friend NOUN Number=Plur 1 Become xcomp 4 with with ADP _ 5 him case 5 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 friends nmod 6 all all ADV _ 7 over advmod 7 over over ADV _ 1 Become advmod 8 again again ADV _ 1 Become advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 become imperative you not said here best friends with him again over property vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Told everyone the friend was right
amod det nsubj cop acl:relcl root Told VERB everyone PRON the DET friend NOUN was AUX right ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Told tell VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 everyone amod 2 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 friend det 4 friend friend NOUN Number=Sing 6 right nsubj 5 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 6 right cop 6 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 2 everyone acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert participle vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is past the friend right property tree rules
Option 3 Pretended it never happened
obj advmod ccomp root Pretended VERB it PRON never ADV happened VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pretended pretend VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 2 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Pretended obj 3 never never ADV PronType=Neg 4 happened advmod 4 happened happen VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Pretended ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pretend past it tree rules 2 not happen past vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Let go of the anger for himself
xcomp case det obl case obl root Let VERB go VERB of ADP the DET anger NOUN for ADP himself PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Let let VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Let xcomp 3 of of ADP _ 5 anger case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 anger det 5 anger anger NOUN Number=Sing 2 go obl 6 for for ADP _ 7 himself case 7 himself himself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 2 go obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 let imperative you not said here tree rules 2 go infinitive you not said here of the anger; for himself = he vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of anger=Initial_Location
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