Test 2 · ★ · Where money comes from
Your brother says: "Mum's mean, she won't buy pizza till Friday." Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brother, Mum, you · What happens: say, not buy, put · To what, where: pizza, brother · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Your brother says: "Mum's mean, she won't buy pizza till Friday."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 brother | nmod:poss |
| 2 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 mean | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 mean | punct |
| 6 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mean | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Mum | case |
| 8 | mean | mean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 buy | punct |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 buy | nsubj |
| 11 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 buy | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 buy | advmod |
| 13 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 mean | ccomp |
| 14 | pizza | pizza | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 buy | obj |
| 15 | till | till | ADP | _ | 16 Friday | case |
| 16 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 buy | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 mean | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 mean | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your brother | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not buy in a quote | future | Mum | pizza | friday | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pizza=Theme |
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: Put him right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | brother | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Friday is payday; waiting is planning, not meanness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Friday | Friday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 payday | compound |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 payday | cop |
| 3 | payday | payday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 waiting | compound |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 3 payday | punct |
| 5 | waiting | waiting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 planning | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 planning | aux |
| 7 | planning | plan | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 meanness | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 meanness | advmod |
| 10 | meanness | meanness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 planning | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Friday payday | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | plan | present · progressive | payday waiting | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Pizza shops are only open on Fridays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pizza | pizza | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shops | compound |
| 2 | shops | shop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 open | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 open | cop |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 open | advmod |
| 5 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 Fridays | case |
| 7 | Fridays | Friday | PROPN | Number=Plur | 5 open | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Pizza shops | friday | open property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Mum is saving all her money for herself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saving | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 saving | aux |
| 3 | saving | save | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 money | det:predet |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 money | nmod:poss |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saving | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 herself | case |
| 8 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 saving | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | present · progressive | Mum | Mum's money | for Mum | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme for herself=Source |
Option 4
He is right, Mum just doesn't like pizza and never will
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 | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 like | punct |
| 5 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 like | nsubj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 like | advmod |
| 7 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 like | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 like | advmod |
| 9 | like | like | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 right | parataxis |
| 10 | pizza | pizza | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 like | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 will | cc |
| 12 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 13 will | advmod |
| 13 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 like | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not like | present · do-support | Mum | pizza | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pizza=Theme |
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