Test 8 · Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong
Lucy says, "She started it, so I'm not saying sorry." What is the honest step?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lucy, honest step · What happens: say, start, not say, be · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 of lesson 97 «Honest with yourself: admitting you were wrong» 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: Lucy says, "She started it, so I'm not saying sorry."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucy | Lucy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 started | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 started | punct |
| 5 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 started | nsubj |
| 6 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 started | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 saying | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 saying | advmod |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 saying | nsubj |
| 11 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 saying | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 saying | advmod |
| 13 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 started | advcl |
| 14 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 saying | xcomp |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Lucy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | start in a quote | past | Lucy | it | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | not say speech: apologize in a quote | present · progressive | Lucy | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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 the honest step?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 step | det |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 step | amod |
| 5 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the honest step | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Tease Amy back so they're even
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tease | tease | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | Amy | Amy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Tease | obj |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Tease | advmod |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 6 're | mark |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 're | nsubj |
| 6 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tease | advcl |
| 7 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 're | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tease back | imperative | you not said here | Amy | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amy=Patient |
Option 2
Tell the teacher Amy started everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teacher | det |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | Amy | Amy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 started | nsubj |
| 5 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| 6 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 started | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the teacher | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | start | past | Amy | everything | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Say sorry for her own part, even if Amy started it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Say | xcomp |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 part | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 part | nmod:poss |
| 5 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 part | amod |
| 6 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sorry | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 started | punct |
| 8 | even | even | ADV | _ | 11 started | advmod |
| 9 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 started | mark |
| 10 | Amy | Amy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 started | nsubj |
| 11 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | parataxis |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 started | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | imperative | you not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | start a condition, not said to happen | past | Amy | part | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 4
Wait for Amy to say sorry first, always, because she started it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 Amy | case |
| 3 | Amy | Amy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 say | mark |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 6 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 say | xcomp |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 say | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 always | punct |
| 9 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 1 Wait | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 started | punct |
| 11 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 13 started | mark |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 started | nsubj |
| 13 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | conj |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 started | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | for Amy; always property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: apologize | to-infinitive | you not said here | first, sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | start | past | Amy | it | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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