Test 18 · ★ · Solving disagreements calmly

my mate says a proper sorry is «sorry, but you started it»

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, you · What happens: say, start · To what, where: proper sorry, sorry · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sorry	det
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sorry	amod
6	sorry	sorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	obj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sorry	cop
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 sorry	punct
9	sorry	sorry	INTJ	_	6 sorry	discourse
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 started	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 started	cc
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 started	nsubj
13	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 started	obj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 started	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate	a proper sorry					tree rules
2	start in a quote	past	you	sorry					vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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

He is right, sorry must blame the other

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sorry	punct
5	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	conj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 blame	aux
7	blame	blame	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 other	det
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 blame	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	be		He not said here			tree rules
3	blame	must	He not said here	the other		vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Theme

Option 2

He is right, the «but» makes it fair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 makes	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 but	det
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	7 but	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 makes	cc
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 makes	punct
9	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 makes	obj
11	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	make	present	He not said here	it				fair property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He is right, if you say it loudly so the whole class hears you say it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 say	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 say	obj
9	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	7 say	advmod
10	so	so	SCONJ	_	14 hears	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 class	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 class	amod
13	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 hears	nsubj
14	hears	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 say	advcl
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 say	nsubj
16	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 hears	ccomp
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	you	it	loudly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	hear	present	the whole class			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	say speech: assert	present	you	class		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Wrong; a real apology says what you did wrong without adding an excuse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 says	advcl
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Wrong	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 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 did	obj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 did	nsubj
9	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 says	ccomp
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 did	xcomp
11	without	without	SCONJ	_	12 adding	mark
12	adding	add	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 did	advcl
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 excuse	det
14	excuse	excuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 adding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a real apology			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	do	past	you		wrong property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	add speech: assert	gerund	you not said here	a excuse		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent excuse=Patient

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