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Test 2 · ★★ · Pocket money, saving and spending

A girl in New York has exactly $10 for a $10 board game. At the till she is told the total is $10.89. Why?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: have, tell · To what, where: girl · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: A girl in New York has exactly $10 for a $10 board game.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 York	case
4	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 York	flat
5	York	York	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	8 $	advmod
8	$	$	SYM	_	6 has	obj
9	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 $	nummod
10	for	for	ADP	_	15 game	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 game	det
12	$	$	SYM	_	15 game	compound
13	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 $	nummod
14	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 game	compound
15	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 $	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 has	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	a girl in New York					for a $ board game	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent $=Patient

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: At the till she is told the total is $10.89.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 till	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 till	det
3	till	till	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 $	obl
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 told	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 told	aux:pass
6	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 till	acl:relcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 total	det
8	total	total	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 $	cop
10	$	$	SYM	_	root	root
11	10.89	10.89	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 $	nummod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 $	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · passive		girl					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient total=Topic

Sentence 3: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

The cashier made a mistake when adding it up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cashier	det
2	cashier	cashier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 mistake	det
5	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obj
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 adding	advmod
7	adding	add	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 made	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 adding	obj
9	up	up	ADP	_	7 adding	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	the cashier	a mistake					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product
2	add up speech: assert	gerund	the cashier not said here	mistake					vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Sales tax is added to the shelf price

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sales	sale	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tax	compound
2	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 added	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 added	aux:pass
4	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 price	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 price	det
7	shelf	shelf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 price	compound
8	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 added	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	present · passive		Sales tax				to the shelf price	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to price=Co-Patient

Option 3

The price went up while she walked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 price	det
2	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 went	compound:prt
5	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 walked	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 walked	nsubj
7	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 went	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go up	past	the price						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	walk	past	price						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She must pay to use the till

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 pay	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 pay	aux
3	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 use	mark
5	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 pay	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 till	det
7	till	till	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	must	She						vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	use	to-infinitive	She not said here	the till					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent till=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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