Test 10 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: money and poverty

"she's from the wrong side of the tracks, my mum says, as if that matters" — what does the mum mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, mum, that · What happens: be, say, matter, mean · To what, where: wrong side · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 19 «Soft words for hard things: money and poverty» of the euphemisms 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 side	punct
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 side	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 side	cop
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 side	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 side	det
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 side	amod
7	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 says	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 tracks	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tracks	det
10	tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 side	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 says	punct
12	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mum	nmod:poss
13	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 says	nsubj
14	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 matters	punct
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 matters	mark
17	if	if	SCONJ	_	19 matters	mark
18	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	19 matters	nsubj
19	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 says	ccomp
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 matters	punct
21	—	-	PUNCT	_	26 mean	punct
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	26 mean	obj
23	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 mean	aux
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 mum	det
25	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 mean	nsubj
26	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 says	ccomp
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	she	the wrong side	of the tracks	tree rules
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my mum			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	matter a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	that			vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
4	mean	present · do-support	the mum			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The girl missed her train

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 missed	nsubj
3	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 train	nmod:poss
5	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 missed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	past	the girl	girl's train					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer train=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The girl comes from the poor part of town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comes	nsubj
3	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 part	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 part	det
6	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 part	amod
7	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comes	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 town	case
9	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	the girl			the poor part of town			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from part=Initial_Location

Option 3

The girl is good at running

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 good	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 good	cop
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	SCONJ	_	6 running	mark
6	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 good	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the girl					good property	tree rules
2	run	gerund	the girl not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The girl lives by a railway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lives	nsubj
3	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 railway	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 railway	det
6	railway	railway	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	the girl					by a railway	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by railway=Location

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