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title: Teacher: «Maddie, write a proper apology». Which is the best one? — Maddie and Chloe's plaits · tree and pragmatics
description: Teacher: «Maddie, write a proper apology». Which is the best one? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 380 «Maddie and Chloe's plaits» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 5 · ★ · Maddie and Chloe's plaits

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Teacher: «Maddie, write a proper apology». Which is the best one?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Maddie · **What happens:** write, be · **To what, where:** proper apology, best one

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 380 «Maddie and Chloe's plaits» of the everyday 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/380-maddie-and-chloes-plaits/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Teacher: «Maddie, write a proper apology».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:380-maddie-and-chloes-plaits:t5:1
# text = Teacher: «Maddie, write a proper apology».
1	Teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	write	write	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	appos	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** *in a quote* | infinitive | Maddie | a proper apology |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apology=Theme |

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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:* Which is the best one?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:380-maddie-and-chloes-plaits:t5:2
# text = Which is the best one?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the best one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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«Sorry if you got upset or whatever»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:380-maddie-and-chloes-plaits:t5:o1:1
# text = «Sorry if you got upset or whatever»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	upset	upset	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past | you |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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«Sorry, but you laughed at me first so it's kind of your fault»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:380-maddie-and-chloes-plaits:t5:o2:1
# text = «Sorry, but you laughed at me first so it's kind of your fault»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	laughed	laugh	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	advmod	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	ccomp	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	fault	fault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** *in a quote* | past | you |  |  |  |  | at me; first *property* | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | kind |  |  |  | of your fault | tree rules |
| 3 | **fault** *in a quote* |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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«Here's a sweet, now we're even, OK?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:380-maddie-and-chloes-plaits:t5:o3:1
# text = «Here's a sweet, now we're even, OK?»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	conj	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
12	OK	ok	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present |  |  |  |  |  | a sweet *obl*; here *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | we |  |  |  |  | even *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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«I pulled your hair because I was embarrassed. I'm sorry I hurt you»

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*Sentence 1:* «I pulled your hair because I was embarrassed.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:380-maddie-and-chloes-plaits:t5:o4:1
# text = «I pulled your hair because I was embarrassed.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pulled	pull	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	embarrassed	embarrassed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull** *in a quote* | past | I | your hair |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | I |  |  |  |  | embarrassed *property* | tree rules |

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*Sentence 2:* I'm sorry I hurt you»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:380-maddie-and-chloes-plaits:t5:o4:2
# text = I'm sorry I hurt you»
1	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | I |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hurt** | past | I | you |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient |

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