Test 5 · ★★★ · Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back
A cartoon shows a bully who says "sorry" and everyone instantly hugs him, though he does it again. What is missing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cartoon, bully, everyone · What happens: show, say, hug, do, be · To what, where: bully, sorry, cartoon · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: A cartoon shows a bully who says "sorry" and everyone instantly hugs him, though he does it again.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bully | det |
| 5 | bully | bully | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | obj |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 says | nsubj |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 bully | acl:relcl |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 sorry | punct |
| 9 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 says | obj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 sorry | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 hugs | cc |
| 12 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 14 hugs | nsubj |
| 13 | instantly | instantly | ADV | _ | 14 hugs | advmod |
| 14 | hugs | hug | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 says | conj |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 hugs | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 does | punct |
| 17 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 19 does | mark |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 does | nsubj |
| 19 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 says | conj |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 does | obj |
| 21 | again | again | ADV | _ | 19 does | advmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | a bully | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bully=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | a bully | sorry | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic | ||||
| 3 | hug | present | everyone | cartoon | instantly property | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | |||
| 4 | do | present | cartoon | bully | 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 is missing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 missing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 missing | cop |
| 3 | missing | missing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 missing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | missing property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A real change; sorry means trying not to do it again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 change | det |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 change | amod |
| 3 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | nsubj |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 sorry | punct |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 change | amod |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | trying | try | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 means | xcomp |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 do | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 do | mark |
| 10 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 trying | xcomp |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 do | obj |
| 12 | again | again | ADV | _ | 10 do | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | a real change | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | try not said to happen | gerund | a real change not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | not do not said to happen | to-infinitive | a real change not said here | change | again | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 2
A present for everyone he hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 present | det |
| 2 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hurt | nsubj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 everyone | case |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 present | nmod |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 hurt | nsubj |
| 6 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | past | a present for everyone | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
A louder sorry so everyone hears
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 | louder | loud | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 sorry | amod |
| 3 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 6 hears | mark |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 hears | nsubj |
| 6 | hears | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sorry | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | present | everyone | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Nothing; the hug fixes everything and he'll change all by himself
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 | _ | 5 fixes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hug | det |
| 4 | hug | hug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fixes | nsubj |
| 5 | fixes | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nothing | parataxis |
| 6 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 fixes | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 change | cc |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 change | nsubj |
| 9 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 change | aux |
| 10 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 fixes | conj |
| 11 | all | all | ADV | _ | 10 change | advmod |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 himself | case |
| 13 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 10 change | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | present | the hug | everything | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent everything=Patient | ||||
| 2 | change | future | hug | by hug; all property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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