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Test 6 · ★ · Solving disagreements calmly

A boy says «Sorry, but you made me do it». Why is this not a good apology?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, you, this · What happens: say, make, do, not be · To what, where: boy, it, good apology · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A boy says «Sorry, but you made me do it».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 Sorry	punct
5	Sorry	sorry	INTJ	_	3 says	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 made	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 made	cc
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 made	nsubj
9	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
10	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 made	obj
11	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 made	xcomp
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 do	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 made	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a boy						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make in a quote	past	you	a boy = boy					tree rules
3	do in a quote	infinitive	a boy = boy not said here	it					vn act-114-1 «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.

Sentence 2: Why is this not a good apology?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 apology	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 apology	cop
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 apology	nsubj
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 apology	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 apology	det
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 apology	amod
7	apology	apology	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 apology	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	this	a good apology					tree rules

The options

Option 1

It uses the word sorry too early

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 uses	nsubj
2	uses	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sorry	det
4	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sorry	compound
5	sorry	sorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 uses	obj
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 early	advmod
7	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 uses	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	It	the word sorry				early property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sorry=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It blames the other person instead of owning up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 blames	nsubj
2	blames	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 person	det
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 blames	obj
6	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=SCONJ	8 owning	mark
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 instead	fixed
8	owning	own	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 blames	advcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 owning	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	present	It	the other person					vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Theme
2	own up	gerund							vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

It should be said in writing instead, so it can be kept

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 said	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	aux:pass
4	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 writing	case
6	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 said	obl
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	4 said	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 kept	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 kept	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 kept	nsubj:pass
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 kept	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 kept	aux:pass
13	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 said	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	should · passive		It		writing		instead property	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: subject=Theme in writing=Manner
2	keep	can · passive		writing					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

It is too short to count

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 short	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 short	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 short	advmod
4	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 count	mark
6	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 short	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					short property	tree rules
2	count	to-infinitive							vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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