Test 16 · Manners and kindness

Max says saying sorry is for losers. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Max, saying · What happens: say, be · To what, where: sorry · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 losers	csubj
4	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 saying	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 losers	cop
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 losers	case
7	losers	loser	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 says	ccomp
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct
9	right	right	INTJ	_	2 says	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Max			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	gerund		sorry		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic
3	is	present	saying		for losers	tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, it shows you are weak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 shows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shows	nsubj
4	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 weak	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 weak	cop
7	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	it						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	you					weak property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, unless an adult stands there and makes you say it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 stands	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stands	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	6 stands	mark
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 adult	det
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stands	nsubj
6	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 stands	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 makes	cc
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stands	conj
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 makes	obj
11	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 makes	xcomp
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	stand	present	a adult		there	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	make	present	a adult not said here	you		tree rules
3	say speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	adult		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, saying sorry helps fix things after a mistake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 saying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 helps	csubj
4	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 saying	xcomp
5	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 helps	xcomp
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fix	obj
8	after	after	ADP	_	10 mistake	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 mistake	det
10	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fix	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: apologize	gerund				sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	help	present	saying				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	fix	infinitive	saying not said here	things	after a mistake		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent thing=Patient

Option 4

Yes, people forget anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 forget	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 forget	nsubj
4	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	4 forget	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present	people					anyway property	tree rules

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