Test 8 · Moving house and renting a home
Your cousin asks "Do people just pay for a house with cash from the shop?" What is usually true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin · What happens: ask, do, pay, be · To what, where: people · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 of lesson 10 «Moving house and renting a home» of the adult life 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Your cousin asks "Do people just pay for a house with cash from the shop?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asks | nsubj |
| 3 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Do | punct |
| 5 | Do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 asks | ccomp |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 Do | obj |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 pay | advmod |
| 8 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 Do | advcl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 house | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 house | det |
| 11 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pay | obl |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 cash | case |
| 13 | cash | cash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 house | nmod |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 shop | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 shop | det |
| 16 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 cash | nmod |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 Do | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Your cousin | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do in a quote | infinitive | people | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | pay in a quote | present | for a house with cash from the shop | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for house=Theme |
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: What is usually true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | cop |
| 3 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 4 true | advmod |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true, usually property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Most borrow with a mortgage and pay back over years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 borrow | nsubj |
| 2 | borrow | borrow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 mortgage | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 mortgage | det |
| 5 | mortgage | mortgage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 borrow | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 pay | cc |
| 7 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 borrow | conj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 pay | advmod |
| 9 | over | over | ADP | _ | 10 years | case |
| 10 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | borrow | present | Most | with a mortgage | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | pay back | infinitive | Most not said here | year | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Everyone pays for a house all at once, in cash, on the day
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 pays | nsubj |
| 2 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 house | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 house | det |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pays | obl |
| 6 | all | all | ADV | _ | 8 once | advmod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 once | case |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 2 pays | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 cash | punct |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 cash | case |
| 11 | cash | cash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pays | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 day | punct |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 day | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 day | det |
| 15 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pays | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | Everyone | day | for a house; once property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for house=Theme |
Option 3
The council gives houses to every family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 council | det |
| 2 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | nsubj |
| 3 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gives | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 family | case |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 family | det |
| 7 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | the council | houses | every family | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent house=Theme to family=Recipient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Estate agents pay for the house themselves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Estate | estate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 agents | compound |
| 2 | agents | agent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pay | nsubj |
| 3 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 house | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 house | det |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pay | obl |
| 7 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | Estate agents | agents = agent | for the house | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for house=Theme |
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