Test 11 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: money and poverty
An advert: "Holidays for the budget-conscious traveller!" Who is the advert for?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be
This is test 11 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: An advert: "Holidays for the budget-conscious traveller!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 advert | det |
| 2 | advert | advert | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 Holidays | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Holidays | punct |
| 5 | Holidays | holiday | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 advert | appos |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 traveller | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 traveller | det |
| 8 | budget | budget | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 conscious | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 budget | punct |
| 10 | conscious | conscious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 traveller | amod |
| 11 | traveller | traveller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Holidays | nmod |
| 12 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 Holidays | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Holidays | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Who is the advert for?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 advert | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 advert | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 advert | det |
| 4 | advert | advert | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 advert | case |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 advert | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | for the advert | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
People who plan every minute
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 plan | nsubj |
| 3 | plan | plan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 People | acl:relcl |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 minute | det |
| 5 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 plan | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plan | present | People | minute | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
People who love luxury
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 love | nsubj |
| 3 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 People | acl:relcl |
| 4 | luxury | luxury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 love | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | People | luxury | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer luxury=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
People with little money to spend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 money | case |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 money | amod |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 People | nmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 spend | mark |
| 6 | spend | spend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 People | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | to-infinitive | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
People who travel for work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 travel | nsubj |
| 3 | travel | travel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 People | acl:relcl |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 work | case |
| 5 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 travel | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | travel | present | People | for work | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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