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Test 9 · ★ · Paying for a home and the bills

A friend says "Close the window? Nah, just turn the heating up, it's free." What is wrong?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, you, heating · What happens: say, close, turn up, be · To what, where: window, heating · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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: A friend says "Close the window?

detnsubjpunctccompdetobjpunctrootADETfriendNOUNsaysVERB"PUNCTCloseVERBtheDETwindowNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 frienddet
2friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4""PUNCT_5 Closepunct
5ClosecloseVERBVerbForm=Inf3 saysccomp
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 windowdet
7windowwindowNOUNNumber=Sing5 Closeobj
8??PUNCT_3 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: askpresenta friendvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2close in a quoteinfinitivethe windowvn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=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: Nah, just turn the heating up, it's free."

discoursepunctadvmoddetobjcompound:prtpunctnsubjcopparataxispunctpunctrootNahINTJ,PUNCTjustADVturnVERBtheDETheatingNOUNupADP,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXfreeADJ.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NahnahINTJ_4 turndiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nahpunct
3justjustADV_4 turnadvmod
4turnturnVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 heatingdet
6heatingheatingNOUNNumber=Sing4 turnobj
7upupADP_4 turncompound:prt
8,,PUNCT_11 freepunct
9ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 freensubj
10'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 freecop
11freefreeADJDegree=Pos4 turnparataxis
12..PUNCT_4 turnpunct
13""PUNCT_4 turnpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1turn upimperativeyou not said herethe heatingvn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location heating=Theme
2ispresentheatingfree propertytree rules

Sentence 3: What is wrong?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXwrongADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 wrongnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 wrongcop
3wrongwrongADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 wrongpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentwrong propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Heating is only free in winter, when it is cold outside

nsubjcopadvmodcaseoblpunctmarknsubjcopconjadvmodrootHeatingNOUNisAUXonlyADVfreeADJinADPwinterNOUN,PUNCTwhenSCONJitPRONisAUXcoldADJoutsideADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HeatingheatingNOUNNumber=Sing4 freensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 freecop
3onlyonlyADV_4 freeadvmod
4freefreeADJDegree=Posrootroot
5ininADP_6 wintercase
6winterwinterNOUNNumber=Sing4 freeobl
7,,PUNCT_11 coldpunct
8whenwhenSCONJ_11 coldmark
9ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs11 coldnsubj
10isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin11 coldcop
11coldcoldADJDegree=Pos4 freeconj
12outsideoutsideADV_11 coldadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeatingwinterfree propertytree rules
2ispresentHeatingcold, outside propertytree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing is wrong, the landlord pays for it

nsubjcoppunctdetnsubjconjcaseoblrootNothingPRONisAUXwrongADJ,PUNCTtheDETlandlordNOUNpaysVERBforADPitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg3 wrongnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 wrongcop
3wrongwrongADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_7 payspunct
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 landlorddet
6landlordlandlordNOUNNumber=Sing7 paysnsubj
7payspayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 wrongconj
8forforADP_9 itcase
9ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 paysobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentNothingwrong propertytree rules
2paypresentthe landlordfor itvn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Heating costs money and the warmth escapes outside

nsubjobjccdetnsubjconjadvmodrootHeatingNOUNcostsVERBmoneyNOUNandCCONJtheDETwarmthNOUNescapesVERBoutsideADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HeatingheatingNOUNNumber=Sing2 costsnsubj
2costscostVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3moneymoneyNOUNNumber=Sing2 costsobj
4andandCCONJ_7 escapescc
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 warmthdet
6warmthwarmthNOUNNumber=Sing7 escapesnsubj
7escapesescapeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 costsconj
8outsideoutsideADV_7 escapesadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1costpresentHeatingmoneyvn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme money=Value
2escapepresentthe warmthoutside propertyvn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Open windows make heating cheaper

amodnsubjobjxcomprootOpenADJwindowsNOUNmakeVERBheatingNOUNcheaperADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OpenopenADJDegree=Pos2 windowsamod
2windowswindowNOUNNumber=Plur3 makensubj
3makemakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4heatingheatingNOUNNumber=Sing3 makeobj
5cheapercheapADJDegree=Cmp3 makexcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepresentOpen windowsheatingcheap propertyvn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset heating=Product

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