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Test 3 · ★ · Letting a friend down: broken promises and spilled secrets

In a cartoon, a boy breaks a promise, says "sorry!" once, and his friend instantly trusts him completely again. What's unrealistic?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, friend · What happens: break, say, trust, be · To what, where: promise, cartoon, boy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 4 «Letting a friend down: broken promises and spilled secrets» 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: In a cartoon, a boy breaks a promise, says "sorry!" once, and his friend instantly trusts him completely again.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 cartoon	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cartoon	det
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 breaks	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 boy	det
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 breaks	nsubj
7	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 promise	det
9	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 breaks	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 breaks	conj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 sorry	punct
13	sorry	sorry	INTJ	_	11 says	ccomp
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	13 sorry	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 sorry	punct
16	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	13 sorry	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 trusts	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 trusts	cc
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 friend	nmod:poss
20	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 trusts	nsubj
21	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	22 trusts	advmod
22	trusts	trust	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 breaks	conj
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 trusts	obj
24	completely	completely	ADV	_	25 again	advmod
25	again	again	ADV	_	22 trusts	advmod
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 breaks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present	a boy	a promise		a cartoon			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promise=Patient
2	say speech: assert	present	a boy not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	trust	present	boy's friend	boy			again	instantly property	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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: What's unrealistic?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 unrealistic	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unrealistic	cop
3	unrealistic	unrealistic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 unrealistic	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						unrealistic property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Trust usually grows back slowly, with changed actions over time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grows	nsubj
2	usually	usually	ADV	_	3 grows	advmod
3	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	back	back	ADV	_	5 slowly	advmod
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 grows	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 actions	punct
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 actions	case
8	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 actions	amod
9	actions	action	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 grows	obl
10	over	over	ADP	_	11 time	case
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	Trust				time	with changed actions; slowly, usually property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	change	participle							vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

In real life you don't need to say sorry at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 life	case
2	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 life	amod
3	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 need	obl
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 need	nsubj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 need	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 need	advmod
7	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 say	mark
9	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 need	xcomp
10	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 say	xcomp
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 all	case
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 sorry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present · do-support	you			real life			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	say speech: apologize not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here					sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Real friends never forgive anything at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 friends	amod
2	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 forgive	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 forgive	advmod
4	forgive	forgive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 forgive	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 forgive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not forgive	present	Real friends	anything		all			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme

Option 4

Nothing; one "sorry" always brings trust straight back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 brings	nsubj
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 sorry	punct
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 sorry	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 sorry	punct
5	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Nothing	appos
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 sorry	punct
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 brings	advmod
8	brings	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 brings	obj
10	straight	straight	ADV	_	11 back	advmod
11	back	back	ADV	_	8 brings	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	Nothing	trust				always property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent trust=Theme

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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