Test 12 · ★★ · Pocket money, saving and spending

new console broke after 2 days, threw the box n receipt away lol

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: new console · What happens: break, throw · To what, where: n receipt

This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 261 «Pocket money, saving and spending» 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	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 console	amod
2	console	console	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 broke	nsubj
3	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	after	after	ADP	_	6 days	case
5	2	2	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 days	nummod
6	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 broke	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 threw	punct
8	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 broke	parataxis
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 receipt	det
10	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 n	compound
11	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 receipt	compound
12	receipt	receipt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 threw	obj
13	away	away	ADV	_	8 threw	advmod
14	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 broke	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	new console				day		vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	throw	past		the n receipt				away property	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent receipt=Theme

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

Keep the receipt till you know it works

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 receipt	det
3	receipt	receipt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
4	till	till	SCONJ	_	6 know	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 know	nsubj
6	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 works	nsubj
8	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	the receipt	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent receipt=Theme
2	know	present	you		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	work	present	receipt		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Shops pay you to keep broken things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pay	nsubj
2	pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 pay	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 keep	mark
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 pay	advcl
6	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 things	amod
7	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pay	present	Shops	you	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Asset
2	keep	to-infinitive	Shops not said here	broken things	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
3	break	participle			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Receipts never matter for big things like consoles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Receipts	receipt	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 matter	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 matter	advmod
3	matter	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 things	case
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 things	amod
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 matter	obl
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 consoles	case
8	consoles	console	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 things	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present	Receipts					for big things like consoles	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

You can never return a faulty thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 return	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 return	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 return	advmod
4	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 thing	det
6	faulty	faulty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 thing	amod
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 return	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not return	can	You	a faulty thing					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme

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