Test 11 · ★ · Where money comes from
Dad: "Bonus! But don't count on it next year, kids." Why not?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: not count
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 5 «Where money comes from» 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: "Bonus!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Bonus | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Bonus | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Bonus | punct |
| 4 | Bonus | bonus | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 Bonus | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: But don't count on it next year, kids."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | But | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 count | cc |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 count | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 count | advmod |
| 4 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 count | obl |
| 7 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 year | amod |
| 8 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 count | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 kids | punct |
| 10 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 year | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 count | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 count | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not count | imperative · do-support | you not said here | year | on Bonus | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on it=Theme |
Sentence 3: Why not?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 1 Why | advmod |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A bonus is not guaranteed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bonus | det |
| 2 | bonus | bonus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 guaranteed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 guaranteed | aux:pass |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 guaranteed | advmod |
| 5 | guaranteed | guarantee | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not guarantee | present · passive | a bonus | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
Bonuses are only paid once in a life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bonuses | bonus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 paid | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 paid | aux:pass |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 paid | advmod |
| 4 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 paid | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 life | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 life | det |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 paid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present · passive | Bonuses | a life | once property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
Option 3
He has to pay it all back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 pay | mark |
| 4 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 has | xcomp |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pay | obj |
| 6 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 back | advmod |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 pay | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | He | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | pay | to-infinitive | He not said here | it | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |
Option 4
The taxman takes all of it next year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 taxman | det |
| 2 | taxman | taxman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 takes | nsubj |
| 3 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 year | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 all | nmod |
| 7 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 year | amod |
| 8 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 takes | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | the taxman | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | year | all | tree rules |
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