Test 8 · ★ · Paying for a home and the bills
Your cousin says "Renting means your family is poor and failed." Put him right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, Renting, family, you · What happens: say, mean, be, fail, put · To what, where: Renting · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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 cousin says "Renting means your family is poor and failed."
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 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | 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 means | punct |
| 5 | Renting | renting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | nsubj |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 family | nmod:poss |
| 8 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 poor | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 poor | cop |
| 10 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 means | ccomp |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 failed | cc |
| 12 | failed | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 means | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | mean in a quote | present | Renting | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | your family | poor property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | fail in a quote | past | Renting not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: 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: Put him 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 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc 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 | Renting | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only families with no jobs at all rent the homes they live in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 families | advmod |
| 2 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 rent | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 jobs | case |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 jobs | det |
| 5 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 families | nmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 jobs | nmod |
| 8 | rent | rent | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 homes | det |
| 10 | homes | home | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 rent | obj |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 live | nsubj |
| 12 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 homes | acl:relcl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rent | present | families with no jobs at all | the homes | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme | ||||
| 2 | live in | present | families = family | the homes not said here | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme home=Location |
Option 2
Renters never have to pay any bills
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renters | renter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 have | advmod |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 pay | mark |
| 5 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 have | xcomp |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 bills | det |
| 7 | bills | bill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pay | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | present | Renters | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | pay | to-infinitive | Renters not said here | any bills | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Asset |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Renting is a normal way to live for lots of families
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renting | rent | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 way | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 live | mark |
| 7 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 lots | case |
| 9 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 live | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 families | case |
| 11 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 lots | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rent | gerund | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | a normal way | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | live | to-infinitive | for lots of families | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Renting is illegal in most countries
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Renting | rent | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 illegal | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 illegal | cop |
| 3 | illegal | illegal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 countries | case |
| 5 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 countries | amod |
| 6 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 illegal | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rent | gerund | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | most countries | illegal property | tree rules |
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