Test 4 · ★★ · Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation
Dad: «Garage bloke's overcharging everyone, I bet. My mate paid double.» What's he really got?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, mate · What happens: overcharge, bet, pay, be
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Our street: when a guess becomes a reputation» 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: Dad: «Garage bloke's overcharging everyone, I bet.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 everyone | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 everyone | punct |
| 4 | Garage | garage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bloke | compound |
| 5 | bloke | bloke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 everyone | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 bloke | case |
| 7 | overcharging | overcharge | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 everyone | amod |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Dad | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 bet | punct |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 bet | nsubj |
| 11 | bet | bet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 everyone | acl:relcl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overcharge in a quote | gerund | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | bet in a quote | present | I | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent |
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: My mate paid double.»
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 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 paid | nsubj |
| 3 | paid | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | double | double | ADV | _ | 3 paid | advmod |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 paid | punct |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 paid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | past | My mate | double property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: What's he really got?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 got | obj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | cop |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 got | advmod |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | mate | get property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A police report about the garage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 report | det |
| 2 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 report | compound |
| 3 | report | report | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 garage | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 garage | det |
| 6 | garage | garage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 report | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A list of the garage's old prices
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 list | det |
| 2 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 prices | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 garage | det |
| 5 | garage | garage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 prices | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 garage | case |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 prices | amod |
| 8 | prices | price | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 list | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | list | the garage's old prices | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
One mate who thought his bill was high
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 mate | nummod |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 bill | nmod:poss |
| 6 | bill | bill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 high | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 high | cop |
| 8 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | One mate | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | mate's bill | high property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | bill | mate | nom bill «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Proof from lots and lots of unhappy customers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 lots | case |
| 3 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Proof | nmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 lots | cc |
| 5 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lots | conj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 customers | case |
| 7 | unhappy | unhappy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 customers | amod |
| 8 | customers | customer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 lots | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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