Test 10 · ★ · Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted
Lily forgave Maddie but won't tell her secrets for a while. Is that fair?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lily, that · What happens: forgive, not tell, be · To what, where: Maddie, secrets · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ 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: Lily forgave Maddie but won't tell her secrets for a while.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 forgave | nsubj |
| 2 | forgave | forgive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 forgave | obj |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 tell | cc |
| 5 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 tell | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 tell | advmod |
| 7 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 forgave | conj |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 secrets | nmod:poss |
| 9 | secrets | secret | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 tell | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 while | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 while | det |
| 12 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tell | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 forgave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forgive | past | Lily | Maddie | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maddie=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not tell speech: assert | future | Lily not said here | Lily's secrets | while | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent secret=Recipient |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, forgiving isn't the same as trusting straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 same | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 forgiving | punct |
| 3 | forgiving | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 same | csubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 same | cop |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 same | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 same | det |
| 7 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 trusting | mark |
| 9 | trusting | trust | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 same | advcl |
| 10 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 11 away | advmod |
| 11 | away | away | ADV | _ | 9 trusting | advmod |
| # | 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 is | present | forgiving | same property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | trust | gerund | forgiving not said here | away property | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, because Maddie is a bad person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 person | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 person | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 person | mark |
| 4 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 person | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 person | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 person | det |
| 7 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 person | amod |
| 8 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Maddie | a bad person | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
No, she should never forgive her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 forgive | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 forgive | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 forgive | aux |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 forgive | advmod |
| 6 | forgive | forgive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 forgive | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not forgive | should | she | her = she | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 4
No, forgiving means trusting fully at once
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 | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | trusting | trust | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 means | xcomp |
| 6 | fully | fully | ADV | _ | 5 trusting | advmod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 once | case |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 5 trusting | obl |
| # | 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 | trust not said to happen | gerund | fully property | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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