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Test 7 · ★ · Paying for a home and the bills

Dad sighs: "Mortgage, energy, council tax, all gone out the first of the month." Why did he not pay at a till?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad · What happens: sigh, go out, not pay · To what, where: Mortgage, first, till

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Dad sighs: "Mortgage, energy, council tax, all gone out the first of the month."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sighs	nsubj
2	sighs	sigh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 Mortgage	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Mortgage	punct
5	Mortgage	mortgage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sighs	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 energy	punct
7	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Mortgage	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tax	punct
9	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tax	compound
10	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Mortgage	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gone	punct
12	all	all	ADV	_	13 gone	advmod
13	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sighs	conj
14	out	out	ADP	_	13 gone	compound:prt
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 first	det
16	first	first	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 gone	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	19 month	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 month	det
19	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 first	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 sighs	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 sighs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sigh	present	Dad	Mortgage and energy and council tax					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go out in a quote	participle	Dad not said here	the first of the month				all property	tree rules

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: Why did he not pay at a till?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 pay	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 pay	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 pay	nsubj
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 pay	advmod
5	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 till	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 till	det
8	till	till	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pay	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 pay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pay	past · do-support	Dad			a till			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

He forgot to pay them at all and will get a letter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 forgot	nsubj
2	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 pay	mark
4	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 forgot	xcomp
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pay	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 pay	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 get	cc
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 get	aux
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 forgot	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 letter	det
12	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past	He						tree rules
2	not pay	to-infinitive	He not said here	them = they		all			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset
3	get	future	He not said here	a letter					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer letter=Stimulus

Option 2

They are paid only once a year

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 paid	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 paid	aux:pass
3	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 once	advmod
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 paid	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 year	det
7	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present · passive		They			year	once property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They go out by direct debit automatically

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	2 go	nsubj
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADV	_	2 go	advmod
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 debit	case
5	direct	direct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 debit	amod
6	debit	debit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 go	obl
7	automatically	automatically	ADV	_	2 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go out	present	They					by direct debit; automatically, out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The bank paid them as a present

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bank	det
2	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	nsubj
3	paid	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 paid	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 present	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 present	det
7	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	past	the bank	them = they				as a present	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset

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