Test 2 · ★ · Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted
«soz innit 😏». What's wrong with this sorry?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: be
This is test 2 · ★ 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: «soz innit 😏».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 😏 | punct |
| 2 | soz | soz | X | _ | 4 😏 | compound |
| 3 | innit | innit | X | _ | 4 😏 | compound |
| 4 | 😏 | 😏 | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 😏 | punct |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 😏 | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: What's wrong with this sorry?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 sorry | case |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 sorry | det |
| 6 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wrong | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | with this sorry; wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It's too long
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 | 4 long | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 long | cop |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 long | advmod |
| 4 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | long property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The smirk makes it another dig
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 smirk | det |
| 2 | smirk | smirk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 makes | obj |
| 5 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 dig | det |
| 6 | dig | dig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | the smirk | it | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary dig=Product |
Option 3
It has a spelling mistake
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 | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 mistake | det |
| 4 | spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mistake | compound |
| 5 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | It | a spelling mistake | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Patient |
Option 4
Nothing, it's a perfect sorry, short and quick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 sorry | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sorry | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 sorry | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sorry | det |
| 6 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sorry | amod |
| 7 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 short | punct |
| 9 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sorry | amod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 quick | cc |
| 11 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 short | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Nothing | a perfect sorry | tree rules |
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