Test 3 · ★★ · Borrowing and debt
Your cousin wants a £300 bike "on buy now pay later, it's basically free". What is the best question to ask?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, best question · What happens: want, buy, pay, be, ask · To what, where: £ bike · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Borrowing and debt» 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 wants a £300 bike "on buy now pay later, it's basically free".
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 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bike | det |
| 5 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 7 bike | compound |
| 6 | 300 | 300 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 £ | nummod |
| 7 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | obj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 bike | punct |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 buy | case |
| 10 | buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 wants | parataxis |
| 11 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 buy | advmod |
| 12 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 10 buy | conj |
| 13 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 12 pay | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 free | punct |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 free | nsubj |
| 16 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 free | cop |
| 17 | basically | basically | ADV | _ | 18 free | advmod |
| 18 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wants | parataxis |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 free | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Your cousin | a £ bike | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | buy in a quote | infinitive | now | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | pay in a quote | infinitive | late property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | cousin | basically, free 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: What is the best question to ask?
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 question | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 question | amod |
| 5 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 ask | mark |
| 7 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 question | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best question | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | the best question not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Can you get two bikes on the plan?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 get | nsubj |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 bikes | nummod |
| 5 | bikes | bike | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 plan | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 plan | det |
| 8 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | can | you | two bikes | the plan | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bike=Theme on plan=Source |
Option 2
Will the bike be delivered in minutes?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 delivered | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bike | det |
| 3 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 delivered | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 delivered | aux:pass |
| 5 | delivered | deliver | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 minutes | case |
| 7 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 delivered | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 delivered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deliver | future · passive | the bike | minute | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
Which colour bike do you want?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 colour | det |
| 2 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bike | compound |
| 3 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 want | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 want | aux |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 want | nsubj |
| 6 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present · do-support | colour bike | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Could you afford it today, and what if a payment is late?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 afford | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 afford | nsubj |
| 3 | afford | afford | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 afford | obj |
| 5 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 afford | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 late | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 late | cc |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 13 late | nsubj |
| 9 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 13 late | mark |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 payment | det |
| 11 | payment | payment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 late | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 late | cop |
| 13 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 afford | parataxis |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 afford | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | afford | could | you | it | today | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | late property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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