Test 13 · ★★ · Pocket money, saving and spending

everyone at school has these trainers, gonna spend all my savings on em

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: everyone, my · What happens: have, spend, save · To what, where: trainers, savings, em

This is test 13 · ★★ 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	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 has	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 school	case
3	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 everyone	nmod
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	6 trainers	det
6	trainers	trainer	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 has	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 spend	punct
8	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	9 spend	dep
9	spend	spend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 has	parataxis
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 savings	det:predet
11	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 savings	nmod:poss
12	savings	savings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	9 spend	obj
13	on	on	ADP	_	14 em	case
14	em	em	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	present	everyone	this trainers		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trainer=Patient
2	spend	infinitive		my savings	on em goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent savings=Asset on em=Goal
3	save		my			nom savings «possession transitive»: poss=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

Yes, fitting in is worth every penny you have

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 worth	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	fitting	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 worth	csubj
4	in	in	ADV	_	3 fitting	advmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 worth	cop
6	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 penny	det
8	penny	penny	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worth	obj
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 have	nsubj
10	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 penny	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fit in	gerund				vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	fitting		worth property	tree rules
3	have	present	you	every penny not said here		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent penny=Patient

Option 2

Buy two pairs to fit in more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 pairs	nummod
3	pairs	pair	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Buy	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fit	mark
5	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Buy	advcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 more	case
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 fit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	imperative	you not said here	two pairs					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pair=Theme
2	fit	to-infinitive	you not said here			more			vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent in more=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Things bought just to fit in often bring little joy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bring	nsubj
2	bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Things	acl
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 fit	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fit	mark
5	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 bought	advcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	5 fit	compound:prt
7	often	often	ADV	_	8 bring	advmod
8	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 joy	amod
10	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	buy	participle		Things not said here		vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	fit in	to-infinitive				vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	bring	present	Things	little joy	often property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent joy=Theme

Option 4

Spend it all, saving is pointless

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spend	spend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spend	obj
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 it	det
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 saving	punct
5	saving	save	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 pointless	csubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 pointless	cop
7	pointless	pointless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Spend	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	spend	imperative	you not said here	it		vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset
2	save	gerund				vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	saving		pointless property	tree rules

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