Test 7 · ★★ · Smoking, vaping and betting: habits that are hard to stop
Aunt Kerry, crying on the phone: "He swore he'd stopped, but he's been betting on his phone at 3 a.m. and the rent's gone." What does Uncle need?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Aunt, Kerry, rent, Uncle · What happens: swear, stop, bet, be, need · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 28 «Smoking, vaping and betting: habits that are hard to stop» 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: Aunt Kerry, crying on the phone: "He swore he'd stopped, but he's been betting on his phone at 3 a.m. and the rent's gone."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 swore | nsubj |
| 2 | Kerry | Kerry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Aunt | appos |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 crying | punct |
| 4 | crying | cry | NOUN | _ | 1 Aunt | appos |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 phone | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 phone | det |
| 7 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 crying | obl |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Aunt | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 swore | punct |
| 10 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 swore | nsubj |
| 11 | swore | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 stopped | nsubj |
| 13 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 stopped | aux |
| 14 | stopped | stop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 11 swore | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 betting | punct |
| 16 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 20 betting | cc |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 betting | nsubj |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 betting | aux |
| 19 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 20 betting | aux |
| 20 | betting | bet | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 swore | advcl |
| 21 | on | on | ADP | _ | 23 phone | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 phone | nmod:poss |
| 23 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 betting | obl |
| 24 | at | at | ADP | _ | 25 3 | case |
| 25 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 20 betting | obl |
| 26 | a.m. | a.m. | NOUN | Number=Sing | 25 3 | nmod:unmarked |
| 27 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 31 gone | cc |
| 28 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 rent | det |
| 29 | rent | rent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 gone | nsubj |
| 30 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 31 gone | cop |
| 31 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 3 | conj |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 swore | punct |
| 33 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 swore | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swear in a quote | past | Aunt | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stop in a quote | past · perfect | Kerry | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | bet in a quote | present · progressive | Kerry | at 3 a.m.; on Kerry's phone | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on phone=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | the rent | gone 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: What does Uncle need?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 need | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 need | aux |
| 3 | Uncle | Uncle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 need | nsubj |
| 4 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 need | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present · do-support | Uncle | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Help for a gambling addiction
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 addiction | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 addiction | det |
| 4 | gambling | gambling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 addiction | compound |
| 5 | addiction | addiction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Help | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A luckier betting app
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 app | det |
| 2 | luckier | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 app | amod |
| 3 | betting | betting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 app | compound |
| 4 | app | app | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
More money to win the rent back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | More | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 money | amod |
| 2 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 win | mark |
| 4 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 money | acl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rent | det |
| 6 | rent | rent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 win | obj |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 win | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win back | to-infinitive | the rent | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rent=Eventuality |
Option 4
A new phone with a bigger screen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 phone | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 phone | amod |
| 3 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 screen | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 screen | det |
| 6 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 screen | amod |
| 7 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 phone | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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