Test 3 · ★★ · When it was my fault: owning up and making it right

Finn's cousin from Texas says, "y'all are makin' a big deal, it was a joke." What should Finn say to his friend instead of "it was just a joke"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, Finn, friend · What happens: say, be · To what, where: y'all makin, joke, friend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 5 «When it was my fault: owning up and making it right» 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: Finn's cousin from Texas says, "y'all are makin' a big deal, it was a joke."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finn	Finn	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cousin	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Finn	case
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Texas	case
5	Texas	Texas	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cousin	nmod
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 makin	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 makin	punct
9	y'all	y'all	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 makin	compound
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 makin	cop
11	makin	makin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	ccomp
12	'	'	PUNCT	_	11 makin	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 deal	det
14	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 deal	amod
15	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 joke	punct
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 joke	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 joke	cop
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 joke	det
20	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 deal	appos
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 joke	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 joke	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Finn's cousin from Texas		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present		y'all makin	tree rules
3	is a in a quote	past	cousin	a joke	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: What should Finn say to his friend instead of "it was just a joke"?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 say	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	Finn	Finn	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 friend	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friend	nmod:poss
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obl
8	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	15 joke	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	8 instead	fixed
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 joke	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 joke	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 joke	cop
13	just	just	ADV	_	15 joke	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 joke	det
15	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obl
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 joke	punct
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	should	Finn		Finn's friend				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to friend=Recipient
2	is in a quote	past	friend					instead a joke	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

"Tell me another secret and I'll keep that one"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Tell	punct
2	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 Tell	iobj
4	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	5 secret	det
5	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Tell	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 keep	cc
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 keep	nsubj
8	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 keep	aux
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Tell	conj
10	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 one	det
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 keep	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert in a quote	imperative	you not said here	another secret	me				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient secret=Topic
2	keep in a quote	future	I	that one					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A proper sorry, and then keeping his friend's secrets after that

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sorry	det
2	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sorry	amod
3	sorry	sorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 keeping	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 keeping	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 keeping	advmod
7	keeping	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 sorry	acl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 friend	nmod:poss
9	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 secrets	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 friend	case
11	secrets	secret	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 keeping	obj
12	after	after	ADP	_	13 that	case
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 keeping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	gerund	a proper sorry not said here	his friend's secrets			after a proper sorry; then		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent secret=Theme

Option 3

"Stop being so sensitive, everyone laughs at crushes, it's just a laugh"

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Stop	punct
2	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 sensitive	cop
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 sensitive	advmod
5	sensitive	sensitive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 Stop	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 laughs	punct
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 laughs	nsubj
8	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sensitive	parataxis
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 crushes	case
10	crushes	crush	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 laughs	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 laugh	punct
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 laugh	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 laugh	cop
14	just	just	ADV	_	16 laugh	advmod
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 laugh	det
16	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Stop	parataxis
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stop in a quote	imperative	you not said here				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	is in a quote	gerund	you not said here			sensitive property	tree rules
3	laugh in a quote	present	everyone		crushes		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is a in a quote	present	it	a laugh			tree rules

Option 4

Nothing, because jokes never need a sorry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 need	mark
4	jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 need	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 need	advmod
6	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sorry	det
8	sorry	sorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present	jokes	a sorry					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sorry=Theme

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