Test 17 · ★ · Birthday parties

apparently Zoe's mum only spent 2 dollars on Ruby's present, so cheap, everyone's talking about it

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, everyone · What happens: spend, talk · To what, where: 2 dollars, present

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 130 «Birthday parties» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	6 spent	advmod
2	Zoe	Zoe	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 mum	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Zoe	case
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spent	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 spent	advmod
6	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 dollars	nummod
8	dollars	dollar	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 spent	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	12 present	case
10	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 present	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 Ruby	case
12	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spent	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 cheap	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	15 cheap	advmod
15	cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 spent	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 talking	punct
17	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	19 talking	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 talking	aux
19	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 cheap	advcl
20	about	about	ADP	_	21 it	case
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 talking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	past	Zoe's mum	2 dollars				on Ruby's present goal; apparently property	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent dollar=Asset on present=Goal
2	talk	present · progressive	everyone					about present	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=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

Only expensive gifts count

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 gifts	advmod
2	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gifts	amod
3	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 count	nsubj
4	count	count	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	present	expensive gifts						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Don't spread it; the thought matters, not the price

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 spread	advmod
3	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 spread	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 matters	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 thought	det
7	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 matters	nsubj
8	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 spread	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 price	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 price	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 price	det
12	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 matters	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not spread	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	matter	present	the thought						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Tell Ruby what it cost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	iobj
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 cost	obj
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cost	nsubj
5	cost	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		Ruby				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent ruby=Recipient clause=Topic
2	cost	past	it						vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme what=Value

Option 4

Spread it, cheap presents are rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 rude	punct
4	cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 presents	amod
5	presents	present	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 rude	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 rude	cop
7	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Spread	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	is	present	cheap presents					rude property	tree rules

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