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Test 10 · ★ · Old guilt: secrets that grow and how to let them go

Alfie says: "I said sorry once, so we're square, innit." His friend still seems wary. Why?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Alfie, we, friend · What happens: say, be, innit, seem · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 17 «Old guilt: secrets that grow and how to let them go» of the reflection 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: Alfie says: "I said sorry once, so we're square, innit."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Alfie	Alfie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct
5	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 says	ccomp
7	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 said	xcomp
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 said	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 square	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 square	advmod
11	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 square	nsubj
12	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 square	cop
13	square	square	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 innit	punct
15	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	13 square	discourse
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	13 square	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 square	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Alfie						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: apologize in a quote	past	Alfie					once, sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is in a quote	present	we					square property	tree rules
4	innit in a quote	infinitive							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.

Sentence 2: His friend still seems wary.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seems	nsubj
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 seems	advmod
4	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	wary	wary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 seems	xcomp
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 seems	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	present	Alfie's friend				still	wary property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

His friend just doesn't like sorry at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 like	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	6 like	advmod
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 like	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 like	advmod
6	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 like	xcomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 like	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	present · do-support	His friend			all		sorry property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Trust takes time to rebuild after being let down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	nsubj
2	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 takes	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 rebuild	mark
5	rebuild	rebuild	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 time	acl
6	after	after	SCONJ	_	8 let	mark
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 let	aux:pass
8	let	let	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 takes	advcl
9	down	down	ADP	_	8 let	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	Trust				time		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	rebuild	to-infinitive	Trust not said here						vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	let down	gerund · passive	Trust not said here						vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Sorry only counts if you say it ten times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 counts	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 counts	advmod
3	counts	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 say	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 say	nsubj
6	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 counts	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 say	obj
8	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 times	nummod
9	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 say	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	Sorry						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	you	it			time		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 4

His friend has forgotten all about it and just feels tired today

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 friend	nmod:poss
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forgotten	nsubj
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 forgotten	aux
4	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	all	all	ADV	_	4 forgotten	advmod
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 forgotten	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 feels	cc
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 feels	advmod
10	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 forgotten	conj
11	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 today	amod
12	today	today	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 feels	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	present · perfect	His friend					about it; all property	tree rules
2	feel	present	His friend not said here				today		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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