Test 7 · Forgiving
Jack: «Dad said sorry but I'm still well upset.» What's honest to say to Dad?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jack, I · What happens: say, be · To what, where: Dad · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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: Jack: «Dad said sorry but I'm still well upset.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Jack | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 4 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 said | xcomp |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 upset | cc |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 upset | nsubj |
| 9 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 upset | cop |
| 10 | still | still | ADV | _ | 12 upset | advmod |
| 11 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 upset | advmod |
| 12 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 sorry | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize in a quote | past | Jack | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | I | still | upset, well 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 honest to say to Dad?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 honest | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 honest | cop |
| 3 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 say | mark |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 honest | csubj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Dad | case |
| 7 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 say | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 honest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | honest property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | to-infinitive | Dad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to dad=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
I'll never forgive you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 forgive | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 forgive | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 forgive | advmod |
| 4 | forgive | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 forgive | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not forgive | future | I | you | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
Option 2
It's fine, it never happened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 fine | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 happened | nsubj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 happened | advmod |
| 7 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not happen | past | it | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
I'm still upset, but I'm trying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 upset | nsubj |
| 2 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 upset | cop |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 upset | advmod |
| 4 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 trying | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 trying | cc |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 trying | nsubj |
| 8 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 trying | aux |
| 9 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 upset | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | I | still | upset property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | try | present · progressive | I | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
You're the worst dad ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 dad | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 dad | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dad | det |
| 4 | worst | bad | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 dad | amod |
| 5 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 dad | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | You | the worst dad | ever | tree rules |
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