Test 4 · Forgiving
Aisha: «I forgive you — and I'll have my fiver back, ta.» Is that fair?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, that · What happens: forgive, have back, be · To what, where: you, fiver
This is test 4 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: Aisha: «I forgive you — and I'll have my fiver back, ta.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aisha | Aisha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 forgive | vocative |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Aisha | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 forgive | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 forgive | nsubj |
| 5 | forgive | forgive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 forgive | obj |
| 7 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 have | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 have | cc |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 have | nsubj |
| 10 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 have | aux |
| 11 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 forgive | conj |
| 12 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 fiver | nmod:poss |
| 13 | fiver | fiver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 have | obj |
| 14 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 have | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 ta | punct |
| 16 | ta | ta | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 have | parataxis |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 forgive | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 forgive | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forgive in a quote | present | I | you | Aisha vocative | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | |||
| 2 | have back in a quote | future | I | my fiver | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiver=Patient |
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 fair?
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 | 3 fair | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 fair | nsubj |
| 3 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | fair property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, forgiving doesn't cancel what's fair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 cancel | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 forgiving | punct |
| 3 | forgiving | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 cancel | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cancel | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 cancel | advmod |
| 6 | cancel | cancel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 fair | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 fair | cop |
| 9 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cancel | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forgive | gerund | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | not cancel | present · do-support | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | fair property | tree rules |
Option 2
No, she should ask for a whole tenner now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 ask | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ask | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 ask | aux |
| 5 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 tenner | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 tenner | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 tenner | amod |
| 9 | tenner | tenner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ask | obl |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 ask | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | should | she | now | for a whole tenner | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
No, forgiving means forgetting the money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 forgiving | punct |
| 3 | forgiving | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | forgetting | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 means | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 money | det |
| 7 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 forgetting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forgive | gerund | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | forget not said to happen | gerund | the money | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, but only after a year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 year | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 year | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 year | advmod |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 year | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 year | det |
| 7 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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