Test 2 · When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint

my sister says "arm and a leg" means the plumber cuts people up lol. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, arm, plumber · What happens: say, mean, cut up · To what, where: people · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 11 «When things break: boilers, plumbers and paint» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 arm	punct
5	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 means	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 leg	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 leg	det
8	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arm	conj
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 arm	punct
10	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 plumber	det
12	plumber	plumber	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cuts	nsubj
13	cuts	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 means	ccomp
14	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 cuts	obj
15	up	up	ADP	_	13 cuts	compound:prt
16	lol	lol	INTJ	_	13 cuts	discourse
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 means	punct
18	right	right	INTJ	_	10 means	discourse
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my sister		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean	present	arm and a leg		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	cut up	present	the plumber	people	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, plumbers sometimes do that if you don't pay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 do	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	plumbers	plumber	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 do	nsubj
4	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 do	advmod
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 pay	mark
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 pay	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 pay	nsubj
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 pay	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 pay	advmod
11	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 do	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	plumbers					sometimes property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not pay a condition, not said to happen	present · do-support	you						vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

No, it means the plumber is very tall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 plumber	det
6	plumber	plumber	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tall	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 tall	cop
8	very	very	ADV	_	9 tall	advmod
9	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the plumber					tall property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, but only in old stories

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 stories	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 stories	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 stories	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 stories	case
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stories	amod
7	stories	story	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, it just means something costs a lot of money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 means	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 means	advmod
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 costs	nsubj
7	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 means	ccomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lot	det
9	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 costs	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 money	case
11	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lot	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cost	present	something	a lot of money					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme lot=Value

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