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Test 9 · ★ · When money is tight

Your brother asks for new trainers; Dad says "can't afford it right now, maybe save towards it?" What's a good response?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, Dad, good response · What happens: ask, say, not afford, save, be · To what, where: it · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ 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 brother asks for new trainers; Dad says "can't afford it right now, maybe save towards it?"

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 brother	nmod:poss
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	nsubj
3	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 trainers	case
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 trainers	amod
6	trainers	trainer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 asks	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
8	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 asks	conj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 afford	punct
11	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 afford	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 afford	advmod
13	afford	afford	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 says	ccomp
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 afford	obj
15	right	right	ADV	_	16 now	advmod
16	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 afford	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 save	punct
18	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	19 save	advmod
19	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 afford	conj
20	towards	towards	ADP	_	21 it	case
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 save	obl
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 afford	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 afford	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Your brother					for new trainers	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: ask	present	Dad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not afford in a quote	can		it			now		tree rules
4	save in a quote	infinitive						towards it; maybe property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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's a good response?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 response	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 response	amod
5	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a good response						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Sulk until Dad gives in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sulk	sulk	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	4 gives	mark
3	Dad	Dad	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 gives	nsubj
4	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Sulk	acl:relcl
5	in	in	ADP	_	4 gives	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give in	present	Dad	Sulk not said here					tree rules

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

Make a plan to save some pocket money towards them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 plan	det
3	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Make	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 save	mark
5	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Make	xcomp
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 money	det
7	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 money	compound
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 save	obj
9	towards	towards	ADP	_	10 them	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 save	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	a plan					tree rules
2	save	to-infinitive	a plan not said here	some pocket money				towards them = they	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme

Option 3

Buy them now on buy now pay later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Buy	iobj
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 Buy	advmod
4	on	on	ADV	_	1 Buy	advmod
5	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Buy	conj
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 buy	advmod
7	pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 buy	conj
8	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 pay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	imperative	you not said here		them = they		now		vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	buy	infinitive	you not said here				now		vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	pay	infinitive	you not said here					late property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Ask Nan to buy them on a credit card

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 buy	mark
4	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 buy	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 card	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 card	det
8	credit	credit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 card	compound
9	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		Nan				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent nan=Recipient clause=Topic
2	buy not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	them = they		a credit card			vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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