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Test 6 · ★ · When money is tight

Mum, on a crackly call: "Nah, can't do the cinema, sorry, we're skint till payday." What does she mean?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, Mum · What happens: not do, be, mean · To what, where: cinema

This is test 6 · ★ 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: Mum, on a crackly call: "Nah, can't do the cinema, sorry, we're skint till payday."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 call	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 call	punct
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 call	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 call	det
5	crackly	crackly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 call	amod
6	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 do	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 do	punct
9	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	13 do	discourse
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Nah	punct
11	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 do	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 do	advmod
13	do	do	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 call	parataxis
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cinema	det
15	cinema	cinema	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 do	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sorry	punct
17	sorry	sorry	INTJ	_	13 do	discourse
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 skint	punct
19	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 skint	nsubj
20	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 skint	cop
21	skint	skint	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 do	conj
22	till	till	ADP	_	23 payday	case
23	payday	payday	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 skint	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 call	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do in a quote	can		the cinema					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cinema=Eventuality
2	is in a quote	present	we				till payday	skint 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 does she mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	Mum						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

She has lost her bank card somewhere in the house

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 lost	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 card	nmod:poss
5	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 card	compound
6	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obj
7	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	3 lost	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 house	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 house	det
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present · perfect	She	her bank card		the house		somewhere property	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Eventuality

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She has little money left until her pay comes in

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	2 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 money	amod
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 comes	nsubj
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 money	acl
6	until	until	ADP	_	8 pay	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 pay	nmod:poss
8	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obl
9	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 has	parataxis
10	in	in	ADV	_	9 comes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	She						vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	leave	participle		little money not said here			until money's pay		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	come in	present	little money						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	pay		money						nom pay «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

She doesn't like films any more

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	4 like	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 like	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 like	advmod
4	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 like	obj
6	any	any	ADV	_	7 more	advmod
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 like	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not like	present · do-support	She	films					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot film=Theme

Option 4

The cinema has closed down for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cinema	det
2	cinema	cinema	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 closed	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 closed	aux
4	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 closed	compound:prt
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 good	case
7	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 closed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close down	present · perfect · passive		the cinema				for good	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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