Test 5 · ★★ · Enemies who became friends, and ones who never did
«Gaz said sorry after ten years, that doesn't count». Does it?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gaz, that · What happens: say, not count, do · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 484 «Enemies who became friends, and ones who never did» 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: «Gaz said sorry after ten years, that doesn't count».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| 2 | Gaz | Gaz | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 said | xcomp |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 years | case |
| 6 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 years | nummod |
| 7 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 said | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 count | punct |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 count | nsubj |
| 10 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 count | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 count | advmod |
| 12 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 said | parataxis |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 count | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize in a quote | past | Gaz | year | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | not count in a quote | present · do-support | that | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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: Does it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Does | obj |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
No, sorries expire after a year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 sorries | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | sorries | sorry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 expire | nsubj |
| 4 | expire | expire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 year | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 year | det |
| 7 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 expire | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | expire | present | sorries | year | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, but only if he pays for the ball
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 pays | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 pays | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 pays | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 pays | advmod |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 pays | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 pays | nsubj |
| 7 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 ball | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 ball | det |
| 10 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pays | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | he | for the ball | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for ball=Theme |
Option 3
No, only sorries in person count
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 sorries | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 sorries | advmod |
| 4 | sorries | sorry | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 count | case |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 count | compound |
| 7 | count | count | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sorries | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, an old sorry still counts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 counts | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sorry | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sorry | amod |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 counts | nsubj |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 counts | advmod |
| 7 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | a old sorry | still | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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