Test 10 · ★ · Paying for a home and the bills
Mum: "No holiday abroad this year, we're putting it all towards the house deposit." What is going on?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: we · What happens: put, go on · To what, where: holiday
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 6 «Paying for a home and the bills» 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: Mum: "No holiday abroad this year, we're putting it all towards the house deposit."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 holiday | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 holiday | punct |
| 4 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 holiday | det |
| 5 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mum | appos |
| 6 | abroad | abroad | ADV | _ | 8 year | advmod |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 year | det |
| 8 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 holiday | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 putting | punct |
| 10 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 putting | nsubj |
| 11 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 putting | aux |
| 12 | putting | put | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 holiday | acl |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 putting | obj |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 it | det |
| 15 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 18 deposit | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 deposit | det |
| 17 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 deposit | compound |
| 18 | deposit | deposit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 putting | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 putting | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 putting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put in a quote | present · progressive | we | holiday | towards the house deposit | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
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 is going on?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 going | compound:prt |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | present · progressive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The landlord has asked for a holiday fee
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 landlord | det |
| 2 | landlord | landlord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asked | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 asked | aux |
| 4 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 fee | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fee | det |
| 7 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fee | compound |
| 8 | fee | fee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present · perfect · passive | the landlord | for a holiday fee | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
They are saving for a big sum to buy a home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 saving | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 saving | aux |
| 3 | saving | save | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 sum | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sum | det |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sum | amod |
| 7 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saving | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 buy | mark |
| 9 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 saving | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 home | det |
| 11 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 buy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | present · progressive | They | for a big sum | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for sum=Source | ||||
| 2 | buy | to-infinitive | They not said here | a home | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme |
Option 3
They have lost all their money for good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lost | aux |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 money | det:predet |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 money | nmod:poss |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 good | case |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 lost | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present · perfect | They | their money | for good | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality |
Option 4
The house deposit is a holiday company that sells trips
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 deposit | det |
| 2 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 deposit | compound |
| 3 | deposit | deposit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 company | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 company | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 company | det |
| 6 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 company | compound |
| 7 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 sells | nsubj |
| 9 | sells | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 company | acl:relcl |
| 10 | trips | trip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 sells | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the house deposit | a holiday company | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sell | present | a holiday company | trips | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trip=Theme |
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