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title: «Sorry if u got upset or whatever». Better version? — Saying sorry, and the sorry that is no… · tree and pragmatics
description: «Sorry if u got upset or whatever». Better version? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 477 «Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted» 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Sorry if u got upset or whatever». Better version?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u · **What happens:** get

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 477 «Saying sorry, and the sorry that is not accepted» 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/477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «Sorry if u got upset or whatever».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t3:1
# text = «Sorry if u 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	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|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	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	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 | u |  |  |  |  | upset *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:* Better version?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t3:2
# text = Better version?
1	Better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	version	version	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Sorry but u started it»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t3:o1:1
# text = «Sorry but u started it»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** *in a quote* | past | u | it |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Sorry u can't take a joke, it was only banter tho»

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t3:o2:1
# text = «Sorry u can't take a joke, it was only banter tho»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	6	discourse	_	_
3	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	csubj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	joke	joke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	banter	banter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
14	tho	tho	X	GW	_	13	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **take** *in a quote* | can | u | a joke |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent joke=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | it | banter |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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«Sorry I said your drawing was ugly. It was mean»

<!-- .note -->
*Sentence 1:* «Sorry I said your drawing was ugly.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t3:o3:1
# text = «Sorry I said your drawing was ugly.
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	_
3	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	drawing	drawing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	ugly	ugly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | your drawing |  |  |  |  | ugly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **draw** *in a quote* |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom drawing «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |

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*Sentence 2:* It was mean»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t3:o3:2
# text = It was mean»
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	mean	mean	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | drawing |  |  |  |  | mean *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
«Whatever, I said sorry already»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:477-saying-sorry-and-the-sorry-that-is-not-accepted:t3:o4:1
# text = «Whatever, I said sorry already»
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Whatever	whatever	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	said	say	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	already	already	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: apologize* *in a quote* | past | I |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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