Test 3 · ★ · Puzzles, money and video games
A child spent $200 of her parents' money on game coins without asking. What is the lesson?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: lesson · What happens: spend, ask, be · To what, where: child, game coins
This is test 3 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A child spent $200 of her parents' money on game coins without asking.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | spent | spend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 child | acl |
| 4 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | 3 spent | obj |
| 5 | 200 | 200 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 $ | nummod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 money | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 parents | nmod:poss |
| 8 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 money | nmod:poss |
| 9 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 8 parents | case |
| 10 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 $ | nmod |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 coins | case |
| 12 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 coins | compound |
| 13 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 spent | obl |
| 14 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 15 asking | mark |
| 15 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 spent | advcl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 child | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | participle | a child not said here | on game coins goal | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent $=Asset on coin=Goal | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | gerund | vn inquire-37.1.2 «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.
Sentence 2: What is the lesson?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lesson | det |
| 4 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the lesson | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Coins are free if the game says so
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 free | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 free | cop |
| 3 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 says | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 game | det |
| 6 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 says | nsubj |
| 7 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 free | advcl |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 says | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Coins | free property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | the game | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
In-game purchases cost real money and need permission
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 purchases | compound |
| 4 | purchases | purchase | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cost | nsubj |
| 5 | cost | cost | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 money | amod |
| 7 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cost | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 need | cc |
| 9 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cost | conj |
| 10 | permission | permission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cost | present | game purchases | real money | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme money=Value | ||||
| 2 | need | present | game purchases not said here | permission | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot permission=Theme |
Option 3
Parents' cards are safe to use in games because games are not shops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cards | nmod:poss |
| 2 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 1 Parents | case |
| 3 | cards | card | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 safe | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 safe | cop |
| 5 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 use | mark |
| 7 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 safe | xcomp |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 games | case |
| 9 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 use | obl |
| 10 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 14 shops | mark |
| 11 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 shops | nsubj |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 shops | cop |
| 13 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 shops | advmod |
| 14 | shops | shop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 use | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Parents's cards | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | use | to-infinitive | Parents's cards not said here | games | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | not is a | present | games | shops | tree rules |
Option 4
Only the big purchases need a parent's permission
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 purchases | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 purchases | det |
| 3 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 purchases | amod |
| 4 | purchases | purchase | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 need | nsubj |
| 5 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 parent | det |
| 7 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 permission | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 parent | case |
| 9 | permission | permission | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | the big purchases | a parent's permission | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot permission=Theme | ||||
| 2 | permit | a parent | nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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