Test 9 · Forgiving

What would happen if Kai had never forgiven the girl who lied?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: happen, not forgive, lie · To what, where: Kai

This is test 9 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 forgiven	mark
5	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 forgiven	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 forgiven	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 forgiven	advmod
8	forgiven	forgive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 happen	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 girl	det
10	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 forgiven	obj
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 lied	nsubj
12	lied	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 girl	acl:relcl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	happen	would			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not forgive a condition, not said to happen	past · perfect · passive		Kai	tree rules
3	lie	past	the girl		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They might never have become friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 become	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 become	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 become	advmod
4	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 become	aux
5	become	become	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 become	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not become	might · perfect	They	friends					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 2

The teacher would forgive her instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forgive	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 forgive	aux
4	forgive	forgive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 forgive	obj
6	instead	instead	ADV	_	4 forgive	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forgive	would	the teacher	her = she				instead property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 3

She would have lied about him again for sure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lied	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 lied	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 lied	aux
4	lied	lie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lied	obl
7	again	again	ADV	_	4 lied	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 sure	case
9	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	would · perfect	She				again	about him = he; for sure	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent about he=Location

Option 4

Kai would get a prize for being tough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 get	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 prize	det
5	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 tough	case
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 tough	cop
8	tough	tough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	Kai	a prize					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer prize=Stimulus
2	is	gerund						tough property	tree rules

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