Test 11 · Trusting again
A friend laughed at Aroha in front of the class. A quiet sorry by the lockers — enough?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend · What happens: laugh · To what, where: Aroha
This is test 11 of lesson 455 «Trusting again» 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: A friend laughed at Aroha in front of the class.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 laughed | nsubj |
| 3 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 Aroha | case |
| 5 | Aroha | Aroha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 laughed | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 front | case |
| 7 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 laughed | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 class | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 class | det |
| 10 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 front | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 laughed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | past | a friend | Aroha | in front of the class | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in front=Theme |
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: A quiet sorry by the lockers — enough?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sorry | det |
| 2 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sorry | amod |
| 3 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 enough | nsubj |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 lockers | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lockers | det |
| 6 | lockers | locker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sorry | nmod |
| 7 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 sorry | punct |
| 8 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 enough | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
No sorry is ever enough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 sorry | det |
| 2 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 enough | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 enough | cop |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 enough | advmod |
| 5 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | no sorry | ever | enough property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It's fair to ask for a sorry in front of the class
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 fair | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fair | cop |
| 3 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 ask | mark |
| 5 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 fair | csubj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 sorry | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sorry | det |
| 8 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ask | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 front | case |
| 10 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ask | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 class | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 class | det |
| 13 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 front | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fair property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | front of the class | for a sorry | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Aroha should laugh at her back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aroha | Aroha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 laugh | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 laugh | aux |
| 3 | laugh | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 back | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 back | nmod:poss |
| 6 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 laugh | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | should | Aroha | Aroha's back | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yes, a quiet sorry is always enough, whatever happened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 enough | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sorry | det |
| 4 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sorry | amod |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 enough | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 enough | cop |
| 7 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 enough | advmod |
| 8 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 happened | punct |
| 10 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 happened | nsubj |
| 11 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 enough | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a quiet sorry | always, enough property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | happen | past | whatever | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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