Test 8 · ★ · When money is tight Gran does a blind taste test: famous cornflakes vs own-brand. She can't tell. What does it show?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran, brand · What happens: do, not tell, show · To what, where: blind taste test · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Gran does a blind taste test: famous cornflakes vs own-brand.
nsubj det amod compound obj punct amod conj case amod punct nmod punct root Gran PROPN does VERB a DET blind ADJ taste NOUN test NOUN : PUNCT famous ADJ cornflakes NOUN vs ADP own ADJ - PUNCT brand NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 2 does nsubj 2 does do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 test det 4 blind blind ADJ Degree=Pos 6 test amod 5 taste taste NOUN Number=Sing 6 test compound 6 test test NOUN Number=Sing 2 does obj 7 : : PUNCT _ 9 cornflakes punct 8 famous famous ADJ Degree=Pos 9 cornflakes amod 9 cornflakes cornflake NOUN Number=Plur 6 test conj 10 vs versus ADP Abbr=Yes 13 brand case 11 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 13 brand amod 12 - - PUNCT _ 11 own punct 13 brand brand NOUN Number=Sing 9 cornflakes nmod 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 does punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do present Gran a blind taste test and famous cornflakes versus own brand vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent test=Eventuality
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: She can't tell.
nsubj aux advmod punct root She PRON ca AUX n't PART tell VERB . PUNCT 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 tell nsubj 2 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 tell aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 tell advmod 4 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 . . PUNCT _ 4 tell punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not tell speech: assert can Gran vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What does it show?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON does AUX it PRON show VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 show obj 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 show aux 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 show nsubj 4 show show VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 show punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 show present · do-support brand vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Famous brands are always better, whatever the price
amod nsubj cop advmod punct conj det nsubj root Famous ADJ brands NOUN are AUX always ADV better ADJ , PUNCT whatever PRON the DET price NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Famous famous ADJ Degree=Pos 2 brands amod 2 brands brand NOUN Number=Plur 5 better nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 better cop 4 always always ADV PronType=Tot 5 better advmod 5 better good ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 whatever punct 7 whatever whatever PRON PronType=Rel 5 better conj 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 price det 9 price price NOUN Number=Sing 7 whatever nsubj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Famous brands always, good property tree rules
Option 2 Gran's taste buds have stopped working
nmod:poss case compound nsubj:pass aux xcomp root Gran PROPN 's PART taste NOUN buds NOUN have AUX stopped VERB working VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Gran Gran PROPN Number=Sing 4 buds nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Gran case 3 taste taste NOUN Number=Sing 4 buds compound 4 buds bud NOUN Number=Plur 6 stopped nsubj:pass 5 have have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 stopped aux 6 stopped stop VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 7 working work VERB VerbForm=Ger 6 stopped xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stop present · perfect · passive Gran's taste buds tree rules 2 work gerund vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 3 Own-brand food is unsafe to eat
amod punct compound nsubj cop mark xcomp root Own ADJ - PUNCT brand NOUN food NOUN is AUX unsafe ADJ to PART eat VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Own own ADJ Degree=Pos 3 brand amod 2 - - PUNCT _ 1 Own punct 3 brand brand NOUN Number=Sing 4 food compound 4 food food NOUN Number=Sing 6 unsafe nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 unsafe cop 6 unsafe unsafe ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 to to PART _ 8 eat mark 8 eat eat VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 unsafe xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present brand food unsafe property tree rules 2 eat to-infinitive brand food not said here vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Own brand can be just as good and costs less
amod nsubj aux cop advmod advmod cc conj advmod root Own ADJ brand NOUN can AUX be AUX just ADV as ADV good ADJ and CCONJ costs VERB less ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Own own ADJ Degree=Pos 2 brand amod 2 brand brand NOUN Number=Sing 7 good nsubj 3 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 7 good aux 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 7 good cop 5 just just ADV _ 7 good advmod 6 as as ADV _ 7 good advmod 7 good good ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 and and CCONJ _ 9 costs cc 9 costs cost VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 good conj 10 less less ADV Degree=Cmp 9 costs advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is can Own brand good property tree rules 2 cost present Own brand not said here less property vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
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