Test 7 · ★ · Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted

What would probably happen if Kieran's mum keeps making him say «it's fine» when it isn't?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, Kieran, it · What happens: happen, keep, make, say, be, not be · To what, where: Kieran · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 happen	aux
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	4 happen	advmod
4	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 keeps	mark
6	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 mum	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Kieran	case
8	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keeps	nsubj
9	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 happen	advcl
10	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 keeps	xcomp
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 making	obj
12	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 making	xcomp
13	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 fine	punct
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 fine	expl
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 fine	cop
16	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 say	ccomp
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 fine	punct
18	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	20 is	advmod
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 is	nsubj
20	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 making	advcl
21	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 is	advmod
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	happen	would			probably property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	keep a condition, not said to happen	present	Kieran's mum			tree rules
3	make	gerund	Kieran's mum not said here	Kieran		tree rules
4	say speech: assert	infinitive	Kieran not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is in a quote	present			fine property	tree rules
6	not be	present	it			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

He'd stay angry inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stay	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stay	aux
3	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stay	xcomp
5	inside	inside	ADV	_	3 stay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	would	He					angry, inside property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He'd feel fine straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 feel	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 feel	aux
3	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 feel	xcomp
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 away	advmod
6	away	away	ADV	_	3 feel	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	would	He					away, fine property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They'd be best friends at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 friends	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 friends	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 friends	cop
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 friends	amod
5	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 friends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	would	They	best friends					tree rules

Option 4

Connor would get angry instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Connor	Connor	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 get	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	xcomp
5	instead	instead	ADV	_	3 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	Connor					angry, instead property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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