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Test 7 · ★★★ · Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back

"Shut up about the sign, I said sorry, didn't I?" snaps Nikau. Why isn't that enough?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: I · What happens: shut up, say, not do, snap, not be · To what, where: Nikau · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: "Shut up about the sign, I said sorry, didn't I?" snaps Nikau.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Shut	punct
2	Shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 snaps	ccomp
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 Shut	compound:prt
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 sign	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sign	det
6	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 Shut	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 Shut	parataxis
10	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 said	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 did	punct
12	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 said	conj
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 did	advmod
14	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 did	nsubj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 Shut	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 Shut	punct
17	snaps	snap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	Nikau	Nikau	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 snaps	obj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 snaps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shut up in a quote	participle						about the sign	vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: apologize in a quote	past	I					sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	not do in a quote	past	I						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	snap	present		Nikau					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: Why isn't that enough?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 enough	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 enough	cop
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 enough	advmod
4	that	that	ADV	_	5 enough	advmod
5	enough	enough	ADV	_	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 enough	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present						enough, that property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

It is enough; nothing else is needed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 enough	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 enough	cop
3	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 needed	punct
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	8 needed	nsubj:pass
6	else	else	ADV	_	5 nothing	advmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 needed	aux:pass
8	needed	need	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 enough	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					enough property	tree rules
2	need	present · passive		nothing					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme

Option 2

Because the teacher wanted a bigger word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 wanted	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 word	det
6	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 word	amod
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the teacher	a bigger word					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot word=Theme

Option 3

Because he said it too quietly, and a sorry has to be heard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 said	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	obj
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 quietly	advmod
6	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	3 said	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 has	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 has	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sorry	det
10	sorry	sorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 has	nsubj
11	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	14 heard	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 heard	aux:pass
14	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 has	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he	it				quietly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	have	present	a sorry						tree rules
3	hear	to-infinitive · passive	a sorry not said here						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The sign is still broken; making amends finishes the sorry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broken	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 broken	aux:pass
4	still	still	ADV	_	5 broken	advmod
5	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 finishes	advcl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 broken	punct
7	making	make	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 finishes	csubj
8	amends	amend	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 making	obj
9	finishes	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sorry	det
11	sorry	sorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 finishes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present · passive		the sign			still		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	make	gerund		amends					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset amend=Product
3	finish	present	making	the sorry					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality sorry=Eventuality

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