Test 10 · ★ · Bad news, protests and helping others
Gran says «I don't get a penny, love, but I get a cuppa and good company.» What does she do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran · What happens: say, not get, get, do · To what, where: penny, cuppa · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 32 «Bad news, protests and helping others» 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: Gran says «I don't get a penny, love, but I get a cuppa and good company.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gran | Gran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 get | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 get | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 get | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 get | advmod |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 penny | det |
| 9 | penny | penny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 love | punct |
| 11 | love | love | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | vocative |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 get | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 get | cc |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 get | nsubj |
| 15 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | conj |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 cuppa | det |
| 17 | cuppa | cuppa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 get | obj |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 company | cc |
| 19 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 company | amod |
| 20 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 cuppa | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| 22 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Gran | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not get in a quote | present · do-support | Gran | a penny | love vocative | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer penny=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | get in a quote | present | Gran | a cuppa and good company | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cuppa=Stimulus |
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 she do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · do-support | Gran | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Works there for a big wage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Works | work | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Works | advmod |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 wage | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 wage | det |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 wage | amod |
| 6 | wage | wage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Works | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Owns the charity shop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Owns | own | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 shop | det |
| 3 | charity | charity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shop | compound |
| 4 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Owns | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | own | present | the charity shop | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot shop=Theme |
Option 3
Sells her own clothes for cash
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sells | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 3 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 clothes | amod |
| 4 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 1 Sells | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 cash | case |
| 6 | cash | cash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sells | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | present | her own clothes | for cash | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme for cash=Asset |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Volunteers in the charity shop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volunteers | volunteer | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 shop | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 shop | det |
| 4 | charity | charity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shop | compound |
| 5 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Volunteers | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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