Test 12 · ★★ · Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, fi…

"the bill says outstanding balance £40 — outstanding means great, so all good?" — is all good?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bill, outstanding · What happens: say, mean, be · To what, where: outstanding balance · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 20 «Soft words for hard things: money and poverty and work, firing and the economy» 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	_	4 says	punct
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bill	det
3	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	outstanding	outstanding	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 balance	amod
6	balance	balance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	obj
7	£	£	SYM	_	6 balance	nmod
8	40	40	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 £	nummod
9	—	-	PUNCT	_	11 means	punct
10	outstanding	outstanding	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 means	nsubj
11	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	parataxis
12	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 means	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 good	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	16 good	advmod
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 good	det
16	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 means	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 good	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 good	punct
19	—	-	PUNCT	_	22 good	punct
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 good	cop
21	all	all	ADV	_	22 good	advmod
22	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 means	conj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	the bill	outstanding balance		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent balance=Topic
2	mean in a quote	present	outstanding		great property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	outstanding not said here		all, good 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, it is a reward of £40

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 reward	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 reward	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 reward	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 reward	det
6	reward	reward	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 £	case
8	£	£	SYM	_	6 reward	nmod
9	40	40	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 £	nummod

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

Option 2

Yes, they owe you £40

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 owe	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 owe	nsubj
4	owe	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 owe	obj
6	£	£	SYM	_	4 owe	obj
7	40	40	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 £	nummod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	owe	present	they		you				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent you=Goal £=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, £40 is still owed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 £	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	£	£	SYM	_	7 owed	nsubj:pass
4	40	40	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 £	nummod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 owed	aux:pass
6	still	still	ADV	_	7 owed	advmod
7	owed	owe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	owe	present · passive					still		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

Option 4

No, the bill is wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 wrong	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bill	det
4	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wrong	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wrong	cop
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the bill					wrong property	tree rules

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