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title: "Soz babe," texts your cousin after forgetting your birthday. "k," y… — Saying sorry and making amends: Zaccha… · tree and pragmatics
description: "Soz babe," texts your cousin after forgetting your birthday. "k," you reply. What would a real apology add? Test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 90 «Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 2 · ★★★ · Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back

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"Soz babe," texts your cousin after forgetting your birthday. "k," you reply. What would a real apology add?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** texts, cousin, you, real apology · **What happens:** cousin, forget, reply, add · **To what, where:** birthday, babe cousin k

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This is test 2 · ★★★ of lesson 90 «Saying sorry and making amends: Zacchaeus pays back» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Soz babe," texts your cousin after forgetting your birthday. "k," you reply.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back:t2:1
# text = "Soz babe," texts your cousin after forgetting your birthday. "k," you reply.
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Soz	Soz	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	babe	babe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	_
6	texts	text	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
9	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	forgetting	forget	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	k	k	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	_
18	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	_
19	reply	reply	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cousin** |  | texts |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **forget** | gerund | your cousin *not said here* | your birthday |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **reply** *speech: assert* | present | you | babe cousin k |  |  |  |  | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* What would a real apology add?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back:t2:2
# text = What would a real apology add?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	obl	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	apology	apology	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | would | a real apology |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Naming what happened, understanding the hurt, and offering to make it up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back:t2:o1:1
# text = Naming what happened, understanding the hurt, and offering to make it up
1	Naming	name	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
3	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	understanding	understand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hurt	hurt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	offering	offer	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	12	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **name** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **understand** | gerund |  | the hurt |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer hurt=Stimulus |
| 4 | **offer** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **make up** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | hurt |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing; the text is perfect

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back:t2:o2:1
# text = Nothing; the text is perfect
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	text	text	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	perfect	perfect	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the text |  |  |  |  | perfect *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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A longer word than "soz"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back:t2:o3:1
# text = A longer word than "soz"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	longer	long	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	amod	_	_
3	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	soz	soz	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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More emojis and a gif

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:90-saying-sorry-and-making-amends-zacchaeus-pays-back:t2:o4:1
# text = More emojis and a gif
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	emojis	emoji	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gif	gif	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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