Test 19 · ★★ · Pocket money, saving and spending

my mate's cousin says his friend doubled his money in a week with some online thing. right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, friend · What happens: say, double · To what, where: money · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cousin	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mate	case
4	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friend	nmod:poss
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doubled	nsubj
8	doubled	double	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 money	nmod:poss
10	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doubled	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 week	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 week	det
13	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doubled	obl
14	with	with	ADP	_	17 thing	case
15	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	17 thing	det
16	online	online	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 thing	amod
17	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doubled	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
19	right	right	INTJ	_	5 says	discourse
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate's cousin						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	double	past	cousin's friend	cousin's money			week	with some online thing	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent money=Patient with thing=Instrument

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

Yes, if they say it's guaranteed to work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 say	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 guaranteed	csubj:pass
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 guaranteed	nsubj:pass
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 guaranteed	aux:pass
8	guaranteed	guarantee	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 work	mark
10	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 guaranteed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert a condition, not said to happen	present	they		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	guarantee	present · passive		it	vn promise-37.13 «NP V NP that S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic
3	work	to-infinitive			vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, send money to try it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 send	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 send	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 try	mark
6	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 send	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 try	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	imperative	you not said here	money					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
2	try	to-infinitive	you not said here	money					vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Almost always a trick; the money is rarely got back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Almost	almost	ADV	_	2 always	advmod
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 trick	advmod
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 trick	det
4	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 got	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 money	det
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 got	aux:pass
9	rarely	rarely	ADV	_	10 got	advmod
10	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 trick	acl:relcl
11	back	back	ADV	_	10 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get back	present · passive		the money				rarely property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4

Yes, doubling is easy online if you know the right site

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 easy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	doubling	doubling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 easy	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 easy	cop
5	easy	easy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	online	online	ADV	_	5 easy	advmod
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 know	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 know	nsubj
9	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 easy	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 site	det
11	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 site	amod
12	site	site	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	doubling					easy, online property	tree rules
2	know a condition, not said to happen	present	you	the right site					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer site=Stimulus

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