Test 3 · ★ · Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted
«Sorry if u got upset or whatever». Better version?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u · What happens: get
This is test 3 · ★ 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: «Sorry if u got upset or whatever».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 2 | Sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 got | mark |
| 4 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 got | xcomp |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 whatever | cc |
| 8 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 upset | conj |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past | u | upset property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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: Better version?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 version | amod |
| 2 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 version | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
«Sorry but u started it»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 started | punct |
| 2 | Sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 5 started | discourse |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 started | cc |
| 4 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 started | nsubj |
| 5 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 started | obj |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 started | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start in a quote | past | u | it | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 2
«Sorry u can't take a joke, it was only banter tho»
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 take | punct |
| 2 | Sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 6 take | discourse |
| 3 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 take | nsubj |
| 4 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 take | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 take | advmod |
| 6 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 banter | csubj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 joke | det |
| 8 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 take | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 take | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 banter | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 banter | cop |
| 12 | only | only | ADV | _ | 13 banter | advmod |
| 13 | banter | banter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 14 | tho | tho | X | _ | 13 banter | flat |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 banter | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not take in a quote | can | u | a joke | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | past | it | banter | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
«Sorry I said your drawing was ugly. It was mean»
Sentence 1: «Sorry I said your drawing was ugly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| 2 | Sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 4 said | discourse |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 drawing | nmod:poss |
| 6 | drawing | drawing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ugly | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 ugly | cop |
| 8 | ugly | ugly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 said | ccomp |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | I | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | past | your drawing | ugly property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | draw in a quote | your | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
Sentence 2: It was mean»
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 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 mean | cop |
| 3 | mean | mean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | drawing | mean property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
«Whatever, I said sorry already»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 2 | Whatever | whatever | INTJ | _ | 5 said | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 Whatever | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 said | xcomp |
| 7 | already | already | ADV | _ | 5 said | advmod |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 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 |
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