Test 9 · ★★ · Shouty parents and bad days
Jordan's dad yelled at 6, said sorry at 7. Jordan's mate: «a sorry doesn't count if it's an hour late». Right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, sorry · What happens: yell, say, not count, be · To what, where: 7, hour · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 494 «Shouty parents and bad days» 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: Jordan's dad yelled at 6, said sorry at 7.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan | Jordan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Jordan | case |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 yelled | nsubj |
| 4 | yelled | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 6 | case |
| 6 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 yelled | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 yelled | conj |
| 9 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 said | xcomp |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 7 | case |
| 11 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 said | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 yelled | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | past | Jordan's dad | at 6 | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at 6=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | past | Jordan's dad not said here | 7 | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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: Jordan's mate: «a sorry doesn't count if it's an hour late».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jordan | Jordan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Jordan | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 count | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 count | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sorry | det |
| 7 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 count | nsubj |
| 8 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 count | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 count | advmod |
| 10 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 mate | appos |
| 11 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 15 hour | mark |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 hour | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 hour | cop |
| 14 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 hour | det |
| 15 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 count | advcl |
| 16 | late | late | ADV | Degree=Pos | 15 hour | advmod |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 count | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not count in a quote | present · do-support | a sorry | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | is a a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | sorry | a hour | late property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, it only counts with a present
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 counts | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 counts | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 counts | advmod |
| 5 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 present | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 present | det |
| 8 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 counts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | it | with a present | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
Yes, sorries only count straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 sorries | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | sorries | sorry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 count | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 count | advmod |
| 5 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 7 away | advmod |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 count | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | sorries | away property | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, a sorry later still counts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 sorry | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 sorry | det |
| 4 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 counts | obj |
| 5 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 sorry | advmod |
| 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 sorry | still | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sorry=Theme |
Option 4
No, sorries never count at all
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 | 5 count | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 count | advmod |
| 5 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 count | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not count | present | sorries | all | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
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