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Test 10 · ★ · When money is tight

Overheard: "Everyone's struggling, it's not just us, the whole street's feeling it." What is going on?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Everyone, it · What happens: overhear, struggle, not be, feel, go on · To what, where: us, street · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 9 «When money is tight» 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: Overheard: "Everyone's struggling, it's not just us, the whole street's feeling it."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Overheard	overhear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Overheard	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 struggling	punct
4	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 struggling	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 struggling	aux
6	struggling	struggle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Overheard	parataxis
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 us	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 us	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 us	cop
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 us	advmod
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 us	advmod
12	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 struggling	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 us	punct
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 street	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 street	amod
16	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 feeling	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 street	case
18	feeling	feel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 struggling	conj
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 feeling	obj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	18 feeling	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 feeling	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overhear	participle							tree rules
2	struggle in a quote	present · progressive	Everyone						vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not is a in a quote	present	it	us					tree rules
4	feel in a quote	gerund	Everyone not said here	street					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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 going on?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 going	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 going	aux
3	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	3 going	compound:prt
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go on	present · progressive							vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

The street has lost its electricity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 street	det
2	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lost	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lost	aux
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 electricity	nmod:poss
6	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present · perfect · passive		the street					tree rules
2	electrify		street						nom electricity «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A cost of living crisis affects many families at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cost	det
2	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 affects	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 crisis	case
4	living	living	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 crisis	amod
5	crisis	crisis	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cost	nmod
6	affects	affect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 families	amod
8	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 affects	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 affects	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	affect	present	a cost of living crisis	many families					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus family=Experiencer
2	cost			living crisis					nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The neighbours have all won the lottery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 neighbours	det
2	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 won	nsubj:pass
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 won	aux
4	all	all	ADV	_	5 won	advmod
5	won	win	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lottery	det
7	lottery	lottery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 won	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	present · perfect · passive		the neighbours				all property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: subject=Beneficiary lottery=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Only one family has money problems and everyone knows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 one	advmod
2	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 family	nummod
3	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 problems	compound
6	problems	problem	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 has	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 knows	cc
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 knows	nsubj
9	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 has	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	one family	money problems					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Patient
2	know	present	everyone						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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