Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: plans in order and money sums ★★★
Auntie bought 5 jumpers at £8 each «cos they were practically giving them away», and never wore one. How much went on things she didn't need?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Auntie, jumpers, much · What happens: buy, give away, not wear, go, not need · To what, where: 5 jumpers, them, one, things
This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 62 «Olympiad: plans in order and money sums ★★★» 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: Auntie bought 5 jumpers at £8 each «cos they were practically giving them away», and never wore one.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Auntie | Auntie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 bought | nsubj |
| 2 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 jumpers | nummod |
| 4 | jumpers | jumper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 bought | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 £ | case |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 2 bought | obl |
| 7 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 £ | nummod |
| 8 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 bought | obj |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 14 giving | punct |
| 10 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 14 giving | mark |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 giving | nsubj |
| 12 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 giving | aux |
| 13 | practically | practically | ADV | _ | 14 giving | advmod |
| 14 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 bought | advcl |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 giving | iobj |
| 16 | away | away | ADV | _ | 14 giving | advmod |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 giving | punct |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 wore | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 wore | cc |
| 20 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 21 wore | advmod |
| 21 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 bought | parataxis |
| 22 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 21 wore | obj |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 bought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | past | Auntie | 5 jumpers | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent jumper=Beneficiary each=Theme | ||||
| 2 | give away in a quote | past · progressive | jumpers = jumper | them = they | away, practically property | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent they=Theme | |||
| 3 | not wear | past | one | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent one=Source |
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: How much went on things she didn't need?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 much | advmod |
| 2 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 went | nsubj |
| 3 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 things | case |
| 5 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 went | obl |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 need | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 need | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 need | advmod |
| 9 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 things | acl:relcl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | much | things | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on thing=Location | ||||
| 2 | not need | past · do-support | Auntie | things not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
£8
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Nothing at all, it was a sale
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 all | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Nothing | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sale | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sale | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 sale | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sale | det |
| 8 | sale | sale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a sale | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
£40
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 40 | 40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
£13
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 13 | 13 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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