Test 8 · ★ · Where money comes from
Uncle, grumbling: "Taxman takes the lot, what do we get for it?" What do taxes pay for?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Taxman, we, taxes · What happens: grumble, take, get, pay · To what, where: lot · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Uncle, grumbling: "Taxman takes the lot, what do we get for it?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grumbling | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Uncle | punct |
| 3 | grumbling | grumble | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 takes | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 takes | punct |
| 6 | Taxman | taxman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 takes | nsubj |
| 7 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 grumbling | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 lot | det |
| 9 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 takes | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 get | punct |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 14 get | obj |
| 12 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 get | aux |
| 13 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 get | nsubj |
| 14 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 takes | conj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 it | case |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 get | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 grumbling | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 grumbling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grumble speech: other | gerund | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | take in a quote | present | Taxman | the lot | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Theme | ||||
| 3 | get in a quote | present · do-support | we | for Taxman | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent what=Theme for it=Source |
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: What do taxes pay for?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 pay | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 pay | aux |
| 3 | taxes | tax | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pay | nsubj |
| 4 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 pay | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 pay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present · do-support | taxes | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Asset |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing, the money is thrown away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 money | det |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 thrown | aux:pass |
| 6 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 thrown | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw away | present · passive | Nothing | away property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
Only the taxman's own salary and his big house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 6 salary | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 taxman | det |
| 3 | taxman | taxman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 salary | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 taxman | case |
| 5 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 salary | amod |
| 6 | salary | salary | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 house | cc |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 house | nmod:poss |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 house | amod |
| 10 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 salary | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Holidays for people in government
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Holidays | holiday | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 people | case |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Holidays | nmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 government | case |
| 5 | government | government | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 people | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Schools, hospitals, roads, police and benefits
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 hospitals | punct |
| 3 | hospitals | hospital | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Schools | conj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 roads | punct |
| 5 | roads | road | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Schools | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 police | punct |
| 7 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Schools | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 benefits | cc |
| 9 | benefits | benefit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Schools | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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