Test 17 · ★★ · Pocket money, saving and spending

did u hear a kid sent his whole birthday money in gift cards to a guy online who promised him a free game? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid, guy · What happens: hear, send, promise · To what, where: whole birthday money, gift cards, free game, kid

This is test 17 · ★★ 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	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	6 sent	advcl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	nsubj
6	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 money	nmod:poss
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 money	amod
9	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 money	compound
10	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 cards	case
12	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cards	compound
13	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sent	obl
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 guy	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 guy	det
16	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obl
17	online	online	ADV	_	16 guy	advmod
18	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 promised	nsubj
19	promised	promise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 guy	acl:relcl
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 promised	iobj
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 game	det
22	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 game	amod
23	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 promised	obj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	26 lesson	punct
25	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 lesson	amod
26	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 promised	obl
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	send	past	a kid	kid's whole birthday money		gift cards	to a guy	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent money=Theme in card=Destination
3	promise speech: promise	past	a guy	a free game	kid		real lesson obl	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal game=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

Send only half, to be safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 half	advmod
3	half	half	NOUN	Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac	1 Send	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 safe	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	7 safe	mark
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 safe	cop
7	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Send	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	imperative	you not said here	half					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent half=Theme
2	is	to-infinitive						safe property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Never send gift cards or money online; it's a scam

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 send	advmod
2	send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cards	compound
4	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 send	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 money	cc
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cards	conj
7	online	online	ADV	_	2 send	advmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 scam	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 scam	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 scam	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 scam	det
12	scam	scam	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 send	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not send	imperative	you not said here	gift cards or money				online property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme
2	is a	present	money	a scam					tree rules

Option 3

It's fine if he has a lot of followers

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	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 has	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lot	det
8	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 followers	case
10	followers	follower	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lot	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	have a condition, not said to happen	present	he	a lot of followers					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient

Option 4

Gift cards are traceable, so it's always safe to send them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cards	compound
2	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 traceable	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 traceable	cop
4	traceable	traceable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 safe	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 safe	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 safe	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 safe	cop
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 safe	advmod
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 traceable	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 send	mark
12	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 safe	csubj
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 send	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Gift cards		traceable property	tree rules
2	is	present	it		always, safe property	tree rules
3	send	to-infinitive		cards = card		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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