Test 11 · ★ · Solving disagreements calmly

she said sorry but "u started it" lol. does that count

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, u, that · What happens: say, start, count · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 54 «Solving disagreements calmly» 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	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 said	xcomp
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 started	cc
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 started	punct
6	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 started	nsubj
7	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 started	obj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 started	punct
10	lol	lol	INTJ	_	7 started	discourse
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 said	punct
12	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 count	aux
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 count	nsubj
14	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she		sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	start in a quote	past	u	it		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
3	count	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, any sorry counts as an apology

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 sorry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 sorry	det
4	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 counts	nsubj
5	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	8 apology	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 apology	det
8	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 counts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	any sorry					as a apology	vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as apology=Attribute

Option 2

No, sorry only counts if it is written

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 counts	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 counts	punct
3	sorry	sorry	INTJ	_	5 counts	discourse
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 counts	advmod
5	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 written	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 written	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 written	aux:pass
9	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 counts	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present							vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	write a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		it					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, a real apology owns up without blaming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 owns	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 apology	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 apology	amod
5	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 owns	nsubj
6	owns	own	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 owns	compound:prt
8	without	without	SCONJ	_	9 blaming	mark
9	blaming	blame	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 owns	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	own up	present	a real apology						vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	blame	gerund	a real apology not said here						vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, if she said it loudly enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 said	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	obj
7	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	5 said	advmod
8	enough	enough	ADV	_	5 said	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she	it				enough, loudly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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