Test 4 · ★ · Responsibility, independence and curiosity
Tom spent all his birthday money on the first day. What happened later?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tom · What happens: spend, happen · To what, where: birthday money
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 101 «Responsibility, independence and curiosity» of the everyday 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: Tom spent all his birthday money on the first day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 spent | nsubj |
| 2 | spent | spend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 money | det:predet |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 money | nmod:poss |
| 5 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 money | compound |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spent | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 day | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 day | det |
| 9 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 day | amod |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 spent | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 spent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | past | Tom | Tom's birthday money | day | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset |
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 happened later?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 happened | advmod |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | late property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He had saved the most of anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 saved | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 saved | aux |
| 3 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 most | det |
| 5 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 saved | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 anyone | case |
| 7 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 most | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | past · perfect | He | the most of anyone | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent most=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He had nothing left when he wanted something
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 2 had | obj |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 nothing | acl |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 wanted | advmod |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 wanted | nsubj |
| 7 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 had | advcl |
| 8 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 wanted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | He | nothing | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient | ||||
| 2 | leave | participle | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | want | past | he | something | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot something=Theme |
Option 3
The money grew back in his piggy bank by the next week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 money | det |
| 2 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grew | nsubj |
| 3 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 grew | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 bank | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 bank | nmod:poss |
| 7 | piggy | piggy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bank | compound |
| 8 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grew | obl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 week | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 week | det |
| 11 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 week | amod |
| 12 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grew | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow back | past | the money | money's piggy bank | week | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in bank=Location |
Option 4
He could spend it again later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 spend | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 spend | aux |
| 3 | spend | spend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 spend | obj |
| 5 | again | again | ADV | _ | 3 spend | advmod |
| 6 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 spend | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | could | He | it | again | late property | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |
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