Test 19 · Manners and kindness

heard Ollie said sorry to the kid he bumped and now people say he's soft, lol

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ollie, people · What happens: hear, say, bump, be · To what, where: kid · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 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	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
2	Ollie	Ollie	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	to	to	ADP	_	7 kid	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kid	det
7	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sorry	obl
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 bumped	nsubj
9	bumped	bump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 kid	acl:relcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 say	cc
11	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 say	advmod
12	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 say	nsubj
13	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 bumped	conj
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 soft	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 soft	cop
16	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 say	ccomp
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 soft	punct
18	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 said	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert	past	Ollie			sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	bump	past	Ollie	the kid not said here			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent kid=Instrument
4	say speech: assert	present	people		now		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is	present	Ollie			soft property	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

They are right, only babies say sorry

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	3 right	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 babies	advmod
6	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
8	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					right property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	babies						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

They are right, sorry shows weakness

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	3 right	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shows	parataxis
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sorry	punct
5	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	conj
6	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	weakness	weakness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	They		right property	tree rules
2	be		They not said here			tree rules
3	show	present		weakness		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent weakness=Recipient

Option 3

They are right, he should have ignored it and walked off like nothing happened

The tree, 14 words

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	3 right	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ignored	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ignored	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 ignored	aux
7	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 ignored	aux
8	ignored	ignore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 right	parataxis
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ignored	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 walked	cc
11	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 ignored	conj
12	off	off	ADP	_	11 walked	compound:prt
13	like	like	ADP	_	14 nothing	case
14	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 walked	obl
15	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	They		right property	tree rules
2	ignore	should · perfect	he	it		vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	walk off	past	he not said here		like nothing	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Saying sorry shows he cares; calling him soft is unkind and wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 shows	csubj
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Saying	obj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cares	nsubj
5	cares	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 shows	ccomp
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 unkind	punct
7	calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 unkind	csubj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 calling	obj
9	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 calling	xcomp
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 unkind	cop
11	unkind	unkind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shows	parataxis
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wrong	cc
13	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 unkind	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		sorry			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic
2	show	present	Saying				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	care	present	he				vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4	call	gerund			him = he	soft property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
5	is	present	calling			unkind property	tree rules
6	be		calling not said here				tree rules

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