--- title: Max says saying sorry is for losers. right? — Manners and kindness · tree and pragmatics description: Max says saying sorry is for losers. right? Test 16 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/51-manners-and-kindness/t16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Manners and kindness](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/51-manners-and-kindness/) / t16 # Test 16 · Manners and kindness Max says saying sorry is for losers. right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Max, saying · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** sorry · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 16 of lesson 51 «Manners and kindness» 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/51-manners-and-kindness/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t16:1 # text = Max says saying sorry is for losers. right? 1 Max Max PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 7 csubj _ _ 4 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 losers loser NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ 9 right right INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Max | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | | sorry | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sorry=Topic | | 3 | **is** | present | saying | | | | | for losers | 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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Yes, it shows you are weak ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t16:o1:1 # text = Yes, it shows you are weak 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 weak weak ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | it | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** | present | you | | | | | weak *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, unless an adult stands there and makes you say it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t16:o2:1 # text = Yes, unless an adult stands there and makes you say it 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 6 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 3 unless unless SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stands stand VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 6 advmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 obj _ _ 11 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | present | a adult | | | there | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | present | a adult *not said here* | you | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | adult | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, saying sorry helps fix things after a mistake ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t16:o3:1 # text = No, saying sorry helps fix things after a mistake 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 csubj _ _ 4 sorry sorry ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 fix fix VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 7 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 after after ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: apologize* | gerund | | | | | | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **help** | present | saying | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **fix** | infinitive | saying *not said here* | things | | | after a mistake | | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent thing=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, people forget anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:51-manners-and-kindness:t16:o4:1 # text = Yes, people forget anyway 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 forget forget VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **forget** | present | people | | | | | anyway *property* | tree rules | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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