Test 4 · ★ · Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted Jake broke Sam's headphones. Jake says, «I said sorry, what more do you want?» What would make it right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jake, you · What happens: break, say, want, make · To what, where: headphones, it · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Jake broke Sam's headphones.
nsubj nmod:poss case obj punct root Jake PROPN broke VERB Sam PROPN 's PART headphones NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jake Jake PROPN Number=Sing 2 broke nsubj 2 broke break VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 5 headphones nmod:poss 4 's 's PART _ 3 Sam case 5 headphones headphone NOUN Number=Plur 2 broke obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 broke punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 break past Jake Sam's headphones vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer headphone=Patient
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: Jake says, «I said sorry, what more do you want?»
nsubj punct punct nsubj ccomp xcomp punct obj advmod aux nsubj ccomp punct punct root Jake PROPN says VERB , PUNCT « PUNCT I PRON said VERB sorry ADJ , PUNCT what PRON more ADJ do AUX you PRON want VERB ? PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jake Jake PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 said punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 6 said punct 5 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 said nsubj 6 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 says ccomp 7 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 6 said xcomp 8 , , PUNCT _ 13 want punct 9 what what PRON PronType=Int 13 want obj 10 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 13 want advmod 11 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 want aux 12 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 13 want nsubj 13 want want VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 said ccomp 14 ? ? PUNCT _ 13 want punct 15 » » PUNCT _ 13 want punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: ask present Jake vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 say speech: assert in a quote past Jake sorry property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 want in a quote present · do-support you vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme
Sentence 3: What would make it right?
obj aux obj xcomp punct root What PRON would AUX make VERB it PRON right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 make obj 2 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 make aux 3 make make VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 4 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 make obj 5 right right ADJ Degree=Pos 3 make xcomp 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 make punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make would it right property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset what=Beneficiary it=Product
The options Option 1 Break something of his own
obj case nmod:poss nmod root Break VERB something PRON of ADP his PRON own ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Break break VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 something something PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 1 Break obj 3 of of ADP _ 5 own case 4 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 own nmod:poss 5 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 2 something nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 break imperative you not said here something vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Patient
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Say sorry once more, louder
xcomp advmod advmod punct parataxis root Say VERB sorry ADJ once ADV more ADV , PUNCT louder ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 sorry sorry ADJ Degree=Pos 1 Say xcomp 3 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 4 more advmod 4 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 1 Say advmod 5 , , PUNCT _ 6 louder punct 6 louder loud ADJ Degree=Cmp 1 Say parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: apologize imperative you not said here sorry property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Help pay to replace them
compound mark advcl obj root Help NOUN pay VERB to PART replace VERB them PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Help help NOUN Number=Sing 2 pay compound 2 pay pay VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to PART _ 4 replace mark 4 replace replace VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 pay advcl 5 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 replace obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pay imperative you not said here vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 replace to-infinitive you not said here them = they vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme
Option 4 Nothing, sorry is always enough
compound punct nsubj cop advmod root Nothing PRON , PUNCT sorry NOUN is AUX always ADV enough ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 3 sorry compound 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Nothing punct 3 sorry sorry NOUN Number=Sing 6 enough nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 enough cop 5 always always ADV PronType=Tot 6 enough advmod 6 enough enough ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Nothing sorry always, enough property tree rules
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