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!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sister | amod |
| 2 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sixteen | punct |
| 4 | sixteen | sixteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 sister | appos |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 sister | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 getting | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 getting | nsubj |
| 8 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 getting | aux |
| 9 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 sister | parataxis |
| 10 | driving | drive | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 getting | xcomp |
| 11 | lessons | lesson | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 driving | obj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 birthday | case |
| 13 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 birthday | nmod:poss |
| 14 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 driving | obl |
| 15 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 week | amod |
| 16 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 driving | obl:unmarked |
| 17 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 9 getting | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 sister | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | present · progressive | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | drive in a quote | gerund | I not said here | lessons | week | for my birthday | vn 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 UK | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 UK | det |
| 3 | UK | UK | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 problem | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 UK | punct |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 problem | obj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 problem | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 problem | det |
| 8 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 problem | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the problem | the UK | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
You can only start learning at seventeen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 start | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 start | aux |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 start | advmod |
| 4 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | learning | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 start | xcomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 seventeen | case |
| 7 | seventeen | seventeen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 learning | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | can | You | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | learn | gerund | You not said here | seventeen | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
You need to be twenty-one to learn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 need | nsubj |
| 2 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 one | mark |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 one | cop |
| 5 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 one | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 twenty | punct |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 need | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 learn | mark |
| 9 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 one | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | You | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 2 | is a | to-infinitive | You not said here | twenty one | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | learn | to-infinitive | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Driving lessons are only for boys
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Driving | drive | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 lessons | amod |
| 2 | lessons | lesson | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 boys | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 boys | cop |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 boys | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 boys | case |
| 6 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | gerund | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | Driving lessons | for boys | tree rules |
Option 4
There is no problem at all with that
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 problem | det |
| 4 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 problem | nmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 that | case |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 all | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | no problem at all | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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