Test 9 · ★★ · Learning a skill, and coins and notes
You find a wallet with a driving licence and $50 in a park in Seattle. Why give it all back?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You · What happens: find, give back · To what, where: wallet
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 260 «Learning a skill, and coins and notes» 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: You find a wallet with a driving licence and $50 in a park in Seattle.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 find | nsubj |
| 2 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 wallet | det |
| 4 | wallet | wallet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 find | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 licence | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 licence | det |
| 7 | driving | driving | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 licence | compound |
| 8 | licence | licence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wallet | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 $ | cc |
| 10 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | 8 licence | appos |
| 11 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 $ | nummod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 park | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 park | det |
| 14 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 $ | nmod |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 Seattle | case |
| 16 | Seattle | Seattle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 park | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 find | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | You | a wallet | with a driving licence | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wallet=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.
Sentence 2: Why give it all back?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 give | advmod |
| 2 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 give | obj |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 it | det |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 give | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give back | imperative | you not said here | wallet | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The wallet is worth more than the money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wallet | det |
| 2 | wallet | wallet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 worth | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 worth | cop |
| 4 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 worth | obj |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 money | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 money | det |
| 8 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 worth | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the wallet | than the money; worth property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The owner needs their cards and money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 owner | det |
| 2 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 needs | nsubj |
| 3 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 cards | nmod:poss |
| 5 | cards | card | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 needs | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 money | cc |
| 7 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cards | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | the owner | their cards and money | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot card=Theme |
Option 3
The police will pay you double for handing it in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 police | det |
| 2 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pay | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 pay | aux |
| 4 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 pay | obj |
| 6 | double | double | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 pay | obj |
| 7 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 8 handing | mark |
| 8 | handing | hand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 pay | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 handing | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 handing | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | future | the police | you | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient double=Asset | ||||
| 2 | hand in | gerund | the police not said here | it | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
Wallets cannot be kept for more than a day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wallets | wallet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 kept | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 kept | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 kept | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 kept | aux:pass |
| 5 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 day | case |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV | 10 day | advmod |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 more | fixed |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 day | det |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not keep | can · passive | Wallets | day | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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