Test 1 · ★ · Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted
«I said sorry, so you HAVE to forgive me». True?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, you · What happens: say, have, forgive · To what, where: me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 477 «Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted» 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: «I said sorry, so you HAVE to forgive me».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 said | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 HAVE | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 HAVE | advmod |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 HAVE | nsubj |
| 8 | HAVE | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | ccomp |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 forgive | mark |
| 10 | forgive | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 HAVE | xcomp |
| 11 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 forgive | obj |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 HAVE | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize in a quote | past | I | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | have in a quote | present | you | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | forgive in a quote | to-infinitive | you not said here | me | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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: True?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | True | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 True | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yes, if you say it three times
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 say | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 say | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 say | obj |
| 7 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 times | nummod |
| 8 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 say | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | you | it | time | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, a sorry means they have to forgive you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 sorry | det |
| 4 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 have | nsubj |
| 7 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 means | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 forgive | mark |
| 9 | forgive | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 have | xcomp |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 forgive | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | a sorry | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have | present | they | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | forgive | to-infinitive | they not said here | you | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, forgiving is the other person's choice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 forgiving | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 forgiving | punct |
| 3 | forgiving | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 choice | csubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 choice | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 person | det |
| 6 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 person | amod |
| 7 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 choice | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 person | case |
| 9 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | 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 | is a | present | forgiving | the other person's choice | tree rules |
Option 4
No, so don't bother saying sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 bother | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 bother | advmod |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 bother | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 bother | advmod |
| 6 | bother | bother | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 bother | xcomp |
| 8 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 saying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not bother | imperative · do-support | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not say speech: assert | gerund | you not said here | sorry | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic |
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