Test 1 · ★ · Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel
Oscar's friend: "Bro just admitted he was wrong. Respect, honestly. Rare W." Why the respect?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend · What happens: admit, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 190 «Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel» of the world 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: Oscar's friend: "Bro just admitted he was wrong.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar | Oscar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Oscar | case |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 admitted | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 admitted | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Bro | punct |
| 6 | Bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 admitted | vocative |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 admitted | advmod |
| 8 | admitted | admit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 wrong | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 wrong | cop |
| 11 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 admitted | ccomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 admitted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admit speech: other in a quote | past | Oscar's friend | Bro vocative | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | past | friend | wrong 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.
Sentence 2: Respect, honestly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 honestly | punct |
| 3 | honestly | honestly | ADV | _ | 1 Respect | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Respect | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Rare W." Why the respect?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rare | rare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 W. | amod |
| 2 | W. | W. | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Why | obj |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 W. | punct |
| 4 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 respect | det |
| 6 | respect | respect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Why | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Whales really are fish
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whales | whale | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 fish | advmod |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fish | cop |
| 4 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Whales | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | fish | tree rules |
Option 2
Being wrong is always cool
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 wrong | cop |
| 2 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cool | csubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cool | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 cool | advmod |
| 5 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | wrong property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | always, cool property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Admitting a mistake when shown evidence is smart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Admitting | admit | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 smart | csubj |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 mistake | det |
| 3 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Admitting | obj |
| 4 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 shown | advmod |
| 5 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Admitting | advcl |
| 6 | evidence | evidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shown | obj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 smart | cop |
| 8 | smart | smart | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admit speech: other | gerund | a mistake | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Theme | |||||
| 2 | show | participle | evidence | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent evidence=Recipient | |||||
| 3 | is | present | Admitting | smart property | tree rules |
Option 4
He won the argument
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 won | nsubj |
| 2 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 argument | det |
| 4 | argument | argument | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 won | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | He | the argument | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argument=Eventuality |
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