Test 2 · ★ · Paying for a home and the bills

Your sister says "We pay council tax so the council fixes our telly." Put her right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sister, We, council, you · What happens: say, pay, fix, put · To what, where: council tax, telly, council · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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: Your sister says "We pay council tax so the council fixes our telly."

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 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 pay	punct
5	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 pay	nsubj
6	pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tax	compound
8	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pay	obj
9	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 fixes	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 council	det
11	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fixes	nsubj
12	fixes	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 pay	advcl
13	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 telly	nmod:poss
14	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fixes	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 pay	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 pay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your sister		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	pay in a quote	present	We	council tax	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Asset
3	fix in a quote	present	the council	our telly	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent telly=Patient

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 her 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	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem 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		council			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

Option 1

Yes, the council fixes all tellies for free, as long as you ring

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 fixes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 council	det
4	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fixes	nsubj
5	fixes	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 tellies	det
7	tellies	telly	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fixes	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 free	case
9	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fixes	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 long	punct
11	as	as	ADV	_	12 long	advmod
12	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 fixes	advmod
13	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 ring	mark
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 ring	nsubj
15	ring	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 long	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	present	the council	all tellies				for free; long property	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent telly=Product for free=Beneficiary
2	ring	present	you						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

No, council tax only pays for the police

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 tax	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tax	compound
4	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pays	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 pays	advmod
6	pays	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 police	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 police	det
9	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pays	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present	council tax					for the police	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for police=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, it pays for things like bins, street lights and libraries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 pays	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 pays	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pays	nsubj
4	pays	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 things	case
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 pays	obl
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 bins	case
8	bins	bin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 things	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lights	punct
10	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lights	compound
11	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bins	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 libraries	cc
13	libraries	library	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bins	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present	it					for things like bins and street lights and libraries	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for thing=Theme

Option 4

Yes, but only if the telly is new

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 new	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 new	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	9 new	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 new	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 telly	det
7	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 new	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 new	cop
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the telly					new property	tree rules

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