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# Exam question 3 · Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry

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It is given that another person has apologised to you. Identify the recommended response.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, apologise, identify, recommend · **To what, where:** It, person, you, recommended response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 126 «Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that another person has apologised to you.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:e3:1
# text = It is given that another person has apologised to you.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	apologised	apologise	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **apologise** *speech: apologize* | present · perfect · passive |  | another person | you |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Identify the recommended response.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:e3:2
# text = Identify the recommended response.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	recommended	recommend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the recommended response |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **recommend** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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"That's okay" or "Thank you for saying sorry", and forgive

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:e3:o1:1
# text = "That's okay" or "Thank you for saying sorry", and forgive
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	okay	okay	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Thank	thank	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
12	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
16	forgive	forgive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | That |  |  |  |  | okay *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **thank** *speech: thank* *in a quote* | present | That *not said here* |  | you |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
| 3 | **say** *speech: apologize* *in a quote* | gerund | That *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **forgive** | infinitive | That *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ignore the apology until the next day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:e3:o2:1
# text = Ignore the apology until the next day
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	until	until	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ignore** | imperative | you *not said here* | the apology |  |  | day |  | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apology=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Demand a second and longer apology at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:e3:o3:1
# text = Demand a second and longer apology at once
1	Demand	demand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demand** *speech: request* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | second |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Reply that the matter can never be forgiven

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:e3:o4:1
# text = Reply that the matter can never be forgiven
1	Reply	reply	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	matter	matter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	forgiven	forgive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reply** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **forgive** | can · passive |  | the matter |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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