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Test 11 · ★ · Money, work and the big choices

Big sister, sixteen: "I'm getting driving lessons for my birthday next week!" In the UK, what's the problem?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I · What happens: get, drive, be · To what, where: lessons, problem, UK

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» 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: Big sister, sixteen: "I'm getting driving lessons for my birthday next week!"

amodpunctappospunctpunctnsubjauxparataxisxcompobjcasenmod:possoblamodobl:unmarkedpunctpunctrootBigADJsisterNOUN,PUNCTsixteenNUM:PUNCT"PUNCTIPRON'mAUXgettingVERBdrivingVERBlessonsNOUNforADPmyPRONbirthdayNOUNnextADJweekNOUN!PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BigbigADJDegree=Pos2 sisteramod
2sistersisterNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3,,PUNCT_4 sixteenpunct
4sixteensixteenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 sisterappos
5::PUNCT_2 sisterpunct
6""PUNCT_9 gettingpunct
7IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs9 gettingnsubj
8'mbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 gettingaux
9gettinggetVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 sisterparataxis
10drivingdriveVERBVerbForm=Ger9 gettingxcomp
11lessonslessonNOUNNumber=Plur10 drivingobj
12forforADP_14 birthdaycase
13mymyPRONCase=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 birthdaynmod:poss
14birthdaybirthdayNOUNNumber=Sing10 drivingobl
15nextnextADJDegree=Pos16 weekamod
16weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing10 drivingobl:unmarked
17!!PUNCT_9 gettingpunct
18""PUNCT_2 sisterpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1get in a quotepresent · progressiveIvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2drive in a quotegerundI not said herelessonsweekfor my birthdayvn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme lesson=Trajectory

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: In the UK, what's the problem?

casedetoblpunctobjcopdetpunctrootInADPtheDETUKPROPN,PUNCTwhatPRON'sAUXtheDETproblemNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 UKcase
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 UKdet
3UKUKPROPNNumber=Sing8 problemobl
4,,PUNCT_3 UKpunct
5whatwhatPRONPronType=Int8 problemobj
6'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 problemcop
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 problemdet
8problemproblemNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
9??PUNCT_8 problempunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe problemthe UKtree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

You can only start learning at seventeen

nsubjauxadvmodxcompcaseoblrootYouPRONcanAUXonlyADVstartVERBlearningVERBatADPseventeenNUM
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 startnsubj
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin4 startaux
3onlyonlyADV_4 startadvmod
4startstartVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5learninglearnVERBVerbForm=Ger4 startxcomp
6atatADP_7 seventeencase
7seventeenseventeenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card5 learningobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1startcanYouvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2learngerundYou not said hereseventeenvn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

You need to be twenty-one to learn

nsubjmarkcopcompoundpunctconjmarkaclrootYouPRONneedVERBtoPARTbeAUXtwentyNUM-PUNCToneNUMtoPARTlearnVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs2 neednsubj
2needneedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3totoPART_7 onemark
4bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf7 onecop
5twentytwentyNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card7 onecompound
6--PUNCT_5 twentypunct
7oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card2 needconj
8totoPART_9 learnmark
9learnlearnVERBVerbForm=Inf7 oneacl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1needpresentYouvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2is ato-infinitiveYou not said heretwenty onetree rules
3learnto-infinitivevn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Driving lessons are only for boys

amodnsubjcopadvmodcaserootDrivingVERBlessonsNOUNareAUXonlyADVforADPboysNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DrivingdriveVERBVerbForm=Ger2 lessonsamod
2lessonslessonNOUNNumber=Plur6 boysnsubj
3arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 boyscop
4onlyonlyADV_6 boysadvmod
5forforADP_6 boyscase
6boysboyNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1drivegerundvn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2ispresentDriving lessonsfor boystree rules

Option 4

There is no problem at all with that

expldetnsubjcasenmodcasenmodrootTherePRONisVERBnoDETproblemNOUNatADPallDETwithADPthatPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem2 isexpl
2isbeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3nonoDETPronType=Neg4 problemdet
4problemproblemNOUNNumber=Sing2 isnsubj
5atatADP_6 allcase
6allallDETPronType=Tot4 problemnmod
7withwithADP_8 thatcase
8thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem6 allnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bepresentno problem at alltherevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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