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Test 4 · ★ · When money is tight

Your sister says "VAT is added at the till in UK shops, so the toy's dearer than the label." Put her right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister, you · What happens: say, add, put · To what, where: VAT, till · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ 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: Your sister says "VAT is added at the till in UK shops, so the toy's dearer than the label."

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 sister	nmod:poss
2	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 added	punct
5	VAT	vat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 added	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 added	aux:pass
7	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 says	ccomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 till	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 till	det
10	till	till	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 added	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 shops	case
12	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 shops	compound
13	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 added	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 dearer	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	19 dearer	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 toy	det
17	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 dearer	nmod:poss
18	's	's	PART	_	17 toy	case
19	dearer	dear	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 says	ccomp
20	than	than	ADP	_	22 label	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 label	det
22	label	label	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 dearer	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 dearer	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 dearer	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Your sister						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	add speech: assert in a quote	present · passive		VAT		the till		in UK shops	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=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: Put her 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	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem 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		VAT			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

In UK shops VAT is already in the price on the label

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 VAT	case
2	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 VAT	compound
3	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 VAT	compound
4	VAT	vat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 price	obl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 price	cop
6	already	already	ADV	_	9 price	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 price	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 price	det
9	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 label	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 label	det
12	label	label	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 price	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				the price		in UK shops VAT; on the label	tree rules

Option 2

VAT is only charged on toys, not food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	VAT	vat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 charged	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 charged	aux:pass
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 charged	advmod
4	charged	charge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 toys	case
6	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 charged	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 food	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 food	advmod
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 charged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge	present · passive		VAT		toys		food obl	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

VAT is paid by children, not grown-ups

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	VAT	vat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 paid	aux:pass
3	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 children	case
5	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 paid	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ups	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 ups	advmod
8	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 ups	amod
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 grown	punct
10	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 paid	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present · passive	children	VAT					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset
2	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She is right, twenty percent always goes on at the till

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 goes	punct
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 percent	nummod
6	percent	percent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 goes	nsubj
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 goes	advmod
8	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	8 goes	compound:prt
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 till	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 till	det
12	till	till	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 goes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					right property	tree rules
2	go on	present	twenty percent			the till		always property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at till=Location

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