--- title: Oscar's friend: "Bro just admitted he was wrong. Respect, honestly.… — Saying "I was wrong" and laughing with… · tree and pragmatics description: Oscar's friend: "Bro just admitted he was wrong. Respect, honestly. Rare W." Why the respect? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 190 «Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel/t1/) [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/) / [World](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/) / [Saying "I was wrong" and laughing with…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel Oscar's friend: "Bro just admitted he was wrong. Respect, honestly. Rare W." Why the respect? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** friend · **What happens:** admit, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 190 «Saying "I was wrong" and laughing without being cruel» of the world 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/world/190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Oscar's friend: "Bro just admitted he was wrong. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t1:1 # text = Oscar's friend: "Bro just admitted he was wrong. 1 Oscar Oscar PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Bro bro NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 vocative _ _ 7 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 admitted admit VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 10 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 11 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **admit** *speech: other* *in a quote* | past | Oscar's friend | | | | | Bro *vocative* | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | past | friend | | | | | wrong *property* | 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. *Sentence 2:* Respect, honestly. ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t1:2 # text = Respect, honestly. 1 Respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 honestly honestly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. *Sentence 3:* Rare W." Why the respect? ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t1:3 # text = Rare W." Why the respect? 1 Rare rare ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 W. W. PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ _ 4 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Rel 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Whales really are fish ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t1:o1:1 # text = Whales really are fish 1 Whales whale NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 fish fish NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | fish | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Being wrong is always cool ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t1:o2:1 # text = Being wrong is always cool 1 Being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 cop _ _ 2 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 csubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 cool cool ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | | | | | | always, cool *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Admitting a mistake when shown evidence is smart ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t1:o3:1 # text = Admitting a mistake when shown evidence is smart 1 Admitting admit VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 csubj _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 mistake mistake NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 5 shown show VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 advcl _ _ 6 evidence evidence NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 smart smart ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **admit** *speech: other* | gerund | | a mistake | | | | | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Theme | | 2 | **show** | participle | | evidence | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent evidence=Recipient | | 3 | **is** | present | Admitting | | | | | smart *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} He won the argument ```conllu # sent_id = question:world:190-saying-i-was-wrong-and-laughing-without-being-cruel:t1:o4:1 # text = He won the argument 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 won win VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 argument argument NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **win** | past | He | the argument | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent argument=Eventuality | **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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