Test 9 · ★ · Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted
«SORY» on a wonky cake. Why did it work?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cake · What happens: work
This is test 9 · ★ 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: «SORY» on a wonky cake.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 SORY | punct |
| 2 | SORY | sory | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 SORY | punct |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 cake | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cake | det |
| 6 | wonky | wonky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cake | amod |
| 7 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 SORY | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 SORY | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Why did it work?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 work | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 work | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 work | nsubj |
| 4 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 work | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | past · do-support | cake | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The spelling was perfect and the cake was really tasty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 spelling | det |
| 2 | spelling | spelling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 perfect | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 perfect | cop |
| 4 | perfect | perfect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 tasty | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cake | det |
| 7 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tasty | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 tasty | cop |
| 9 | really | really | ADV | _ | 10 tasty | advmod |
| 10 | tasty | tasty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 perfect | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the spelling | perfect property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | past | the cake | tasty property | tree rules |
Option 2
Aisha was very hungry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aisha | Aisha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 hungry | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 hungry | cop |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 hungry | advmod |
| 4 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Aisha | hungry property | tree rules |
Option 3
Cakes always end arguments
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cakes | cake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 end | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 end | advmod |
| 3 | end | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | arguments | argument | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 end | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | end | present | Cakes | arguments | always property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality argument=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It showed real effort, an action that said sorry
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 showed | nsubj |
| 2 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 effort | amod |
| 4 | effort | effort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 showed | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 action | punct |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 action | det |
| 7 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 effort | conj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 said | nsubj |
| 9 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 action | acl:relcl |
| 10 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 said | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | It | real effort and a action | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent effort=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | past | a action | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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