Test 5 · ★ · Paying for a home and the bills
Nan says "Insurance is a waste, I've never claimed once in 40 years." What is the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Nan, Insurance, best reply · What happens: say, be, not claim · To what, where: waste · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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: Nan says "Insurance is a waste, I've never claimed once in 40 years."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nan | Nan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 waste | punct |
| 4 | Insurance | Insurance | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 waste | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 waste | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 waste | det |
| 7 | waste | waste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 claimed | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 claimed | nsubj |
| 10 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 claimed | aux |
| 11 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 12 claimed | advmod |
| 12 | claimed | claim | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 says | conj |
| 13 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 12 claimed | advmod |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 years | case |
| 15 | 40 | 40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 16 years | nummod |
| 16 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 claimed | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Nan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | Insurance | a waste | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not claim speech: other in a quote | present · perfect | Nan | year | once property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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 the best reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She will get all the money back with interest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 money | det:predet |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 money | det |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obj |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 get | advmod |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 interest | case |
| 9 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | future | She | all money | with interest | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus |
Option 2
Insurance pays out every year to everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Insurance | insurance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pays | nsubj |
| 2 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 pays | compound:prt |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 year | det |
| 5 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pays | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 everyone | case |
| 7 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 2 pays | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay out | present | Insurance | year | to everyone | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It protects against a disaster that might have happened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 protects | nsubj |
| 2 | protects | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | against | against | ADP | _ | 5 disaster | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 disaster | det |
| 5 | disaster | disaster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 protects | obl |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 happened | nsubj |
| 7 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 happened | aux |
| 8 | have | have | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 happened | aux |
| 9 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 disaster | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect | present | It | against a disaster | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent against disaster=Theme | ||||
| 2 | happen | might · perfect | a disaster | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
She should claim anyway to get her money back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 claim | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 claim | aux |
| 3 | claim | claim | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 3 claim | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 get | mark |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 claim | xcomp |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 money | nmod:poss |
| 8 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | obj |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | claim speech: other | should | She | anyway property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | get back | to-infinitive | She not said here | her money | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus |
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