Test 16 · ★ · Puzzles, money and video games

did u hear a kid spent like 2000 dollars on game skins with his mum's card and she cried? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, she · What happens: hear, spend, cry · To what, where: kid, game skins, real lesson

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 243 «Puzzles, money and video games» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obj
6	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 kid	acl
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 dollars	case
8	2000	2000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 dollars	nummod
9	dollars	dollar	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 spent	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 skins	case
11	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 skins	compound
12	skins	skin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 spent	obl
13	with	with	ADP	_	17 card	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 mum	nmod:poss
15	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 card	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 mum	case
17	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spent	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 cried	cc
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 cried	nsubj
20	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	conj
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	23 lesson	punct
22	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 lesson	amod
23	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 cried	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	a kid		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus
2	spend	participle		a kid not said here	on game skins goal; like 2000 dollars; with kid's mum's card	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent on skin=Goal
3	cry speech: express	past	she	real lesson		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 right answer

Never buy in-game items without a parent's permission

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 buy	advmod
2	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 items	case
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 in	punct
5	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 items	compound
6	items	item	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 buy	obl
7	without	without	ADP	_	11 permission	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 parent	det
9	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 permission	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 parent	case
11	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 buy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not buy	imperative	you not said here			game items		without a parent's permission	vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	permit		a parent						nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

It's fine as long as the skins are really cool ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 long	advmod
5	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 fine	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 ones	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 skins	det
8	skins	skin	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 ones	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 ones	cop
10	really	really	ADV	_	11 cool	advmod
11	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 ones	amod
12	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 long	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine, long property	tree rules
2	is a	present	the skins	cool ones					tree rules

Option 3

In-game money isn't real money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 game	case
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 In	punct
3	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 money	compound
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 money	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 money	cop
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 money	advmod
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 money	amod
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	game money	real money					tree rules

Option 4

Only buy when your mum's not looking so she doesn't get upset

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 buy	advmod
2	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 looking	mark
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mum	nmod:poss
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 looking	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 looking	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 looking	advmod
8	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 buy	advcl
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 get	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 get	nsubj
11	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 get	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 get	advmod
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 buy	parataxis
14	upset	upset	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 get	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	buy	imperative	you not said here		vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	not look	present · progressive	your mum		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	not get	present · do-support	mum	upset property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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