Test 8 · ★ · Please, thank you, sorry, okay

«just say sorry to a stranger with vybaCHAI, it's the same» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, stranger · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 3 «Please, thank you, sorry, okay» of the Ukrainian street 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 say	punct
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 say	advmod
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 say	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 stranger	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stranger	det
7	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sorry	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 vybaCHAI	case
9	vybaCHAI	vybaCHAI	X	Foreign=Yes	7 stranger	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 same	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 same	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 same	cop
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 same	det
14	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 say	parataxis
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 same	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 same	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: apologize in a quote	imperative	you not said here	sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	stranger	same property	tree rules
3	is	present		right property	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.

The options

Option 1

vybaCHAI is the only sorry there is

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	vybaCHAI	vybaCHAI	X	Foreign=Yes	5 sorry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sorry	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sorry	det
4	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sorry	amod
5	sorry	sorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 is	expl
7	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sorry	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	vybaCHAI	the only sorry					tree rules
2	be	present	the only sorry not said here			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Strangers should get proBAch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	proBAch	probach	PUNCT	_	3 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	should	Strangers						vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

You never say sorry to strangers, only to your friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 say	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 say	advmod
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 say	xcomp
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 strangers	case
6	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sorry	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 friends	punct
8	only	only	ADV	_	11 friends	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 friends	case
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 friends	nmod:poss
11	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 say	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: apologize	present	You		your friends			sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to friend=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To an adult or stranger vybaCHte is the polite one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	3 adult	case
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 one	obl
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 stranger	cc
5	stranger	strange	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 adult	nmod
6	vybaCHte	vybaCHte	X	Foreign=Yes	5 stranger	flat
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 one	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 one	det
9	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 one	amod
10	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the polite one				to a adult stranger	tree rules

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