Test 4 · ★ · Paying for a home and the bills
Uncle says "I never switch, I'm loyal, they look after loyal customers." What is usually true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Uncle, they · What happens: say, not switch, be, look · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Uncle says "I never switch, I'm loyal, they look after loyal customers."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 switch | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 switch | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 switch | advmod |
| 6 | switch | switch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 switch | punct |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 loyal | nsubj |
| 9 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 loyal | cop |
| 10 | loyal | loyal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 switch | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 look | punct |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 look | nsubj |
| 13 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 14 | after | after | ADP | _ | 16 customers | case |
| 15 | loyal | loyal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 customers | amod |
| 16 | customers | customer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 look | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 look | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 look | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Uncle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not switch in a quote | present | Uncle | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Uncle | loyal property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | look in a quote | present | they | after loyal customers | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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 usually true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | cop |
| 3 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 4 true | advmod |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true, usually property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Loyal customers often pay the most once the deal ends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loyal | loyal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 customers | amod |
| 2 | customers | customer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pay | nsubj |
| 3 | often | often | ADV | _ | 4 pay | advmod |
| 4 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 most | det |
| 6 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 pay | advmod |
| 7 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 10 ends | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 deal | det |
| 9 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ends | nsubj |
| 10 | ends | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 pay | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | Loyal customers | often property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | end | present | the deal | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2
Switching makes the internet slower forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switching | switch | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 internet | det |
| 4 | internet | internet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| 5 | slower | slow | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 6 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 2 makes | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch | gerund | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | make | present | the internet | forever, slow property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset internet=Product |
Option 3
Companies give loyal customers free years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Companies | company | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 give | nsubj |
| 2 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | loyal | loyal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 customers | amod |
| 4 | customers | customer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 give | iobj |
| 5 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 years | amod |
| 6 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Companies | loyal customers | year | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent customer=Theme |
Option 4
Loyal customers always get the lowest price there is in the shop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loyal | loyal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 customers | amod |
| 2 | customers | customer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 get | advmod |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 price | det |
| 6 | lowest | low | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 price | amod |
| 7 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obj |
| 8 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 9 is | expl |
| 9 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 price | acl:relcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 shop | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 shop | det |
| 12 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Loyal customers | the lowest price | the shop | always property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer price=Stimulus | ||
| 2 | be | present | the lowest price not said here | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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