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Test 4 · ★★★ · Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back

Gran in Belfast: "Wee Ciaran says sorry every day, the wee rascal, and does it again." What would help Ciaran?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran · What happens: say, do, help · To what, where: rascal, Ciaran · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 90 «Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back» of the religion ethics 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: Gran in Belfast: "Wee Ciaran says sorry every day, the wee rascal, and does it again."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 Belfast	case
3	Belfast	Belfast	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Gran	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct
6	Wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Ciaran	amod
7	Ciaran	Ciaran	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 says	xcomp
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	obl:unmarked
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 rascal	punct
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 rascal	det
14	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 rascal	compound
15	rascal	rascal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 day	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 does	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 does	cc
18	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 says	conj
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 does	obj
20	again	again	ADV	_	18 does	advmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 does	punct
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 does	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: apologize in a quote	present	Gran in Belfast				day	sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	do in a quote	present	Gran in Belfast not said here	rascal			again		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: What would help Ciaran?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 help	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 help	aux
3	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	Ciaran	Ciaran	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 help	obj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	would			Ciaran				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ciaran=Beneficiary

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Making a plan to change, maybe with a grown-up's help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 plan	det
3	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Making	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 change	mark
5	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 plan	acl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 help	punct
7	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	14 help	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	14 help	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 up	det
10	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 up	amod
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 grown	punct
12	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 help	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 up	case
14	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Making	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	gerund		a plan				with a grown up's help	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset plan=Product
2	change	to-infinitive		a plan not said here					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	help		a grown up						nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Saying sorry even more times every day until it finally works

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 works	csubj
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Saying	obj
3	even	even	ADV	_	5 times	advmod
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 times	amod
5	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Saying	obl:unmarked
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 day	det
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 times	nmod:unmarked
8	until	until	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Saying	obl
10	finally	finally	ADV	_	11 works	advmod
11	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund		sorry			until it; time		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic
2	work	present	Saying					finally property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Blaming his sister instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Blaming	blame	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 sister	nmod:poss
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Blaming	obj
4	instead	instead	ADV	_	1 Blaming	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blame	gerund		his sister				instead property	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Never saying sorry, so it isn't a lie

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 saying	advmod
2	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 saying	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 lie	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	10 lie	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 lie	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 lie	cop
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 lie	advmod
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lie	det
10	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 saying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: apologize	gerund						sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	not is a	present	it	a lie					tree rules

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