Test 3 · ★★ · Pocket money, saving and spending

A boy in Brisbane spends $40 on mystery card packs and gets mostly cards he already has. What does this show?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, this · What happens: spend, get, have, show · To what, where: card packs, cards

This is test 3 · ★★ 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 boy in Brisbane spends $40 on mystery card packs and gets mostly cards he already has.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spends	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Brisbane	case
4	Brisbane	Brisbane	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	spends	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	$	$	SYM	_	5 spends	obj
7	40	40	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 $	nummod
8	on	on	ADP	_	11 packs	case
9	mystery	mystery	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 card	compound
10	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 packs	compound
11	packs	pack	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spends	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 gets	cc
13	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 spends	conj
14	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	15 cards	advmod
15	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 gets	obj
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 has	nsubj
17	already	already	ADV	_	18 has	advmod
18	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 cards	acl:relcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 spends	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	spend	present	a boy in Brisbane		on card packs goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent $=Asset on pack=Goal
2	get	present	a boy in Brisbane not said here	cards		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer card=Stimulus
3	have	present	boy	cards not said here		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=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: What does this show?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 show	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 show	aux
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 show	nsubj
4	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 show	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present · do-support	this						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Mystery packs are like gambling: you never know what you get

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mystery	mystery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 packs	compound
2	packs	pack	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gambling	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 gambling	cop
4	like	like	ADP	_	5 gambling	case
5	gambling	gambling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 know	punct
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 know	nsubj
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 know	advmod
9	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 gambling	advcl
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 get	obj
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 get	nsubj
12	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mystery packs	like gambling	tree rules
2	not know	present	you		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	get	present	you		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Mystery packs always give the best cards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mystery	mystery	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 packs	compound
2	packs	pack	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 give	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 give	advmod
4	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cards	det
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 cards	amod
7	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	Mystery packs	the best cards				always property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme

Option 3

He should buy more packs, as the good cards must come up soon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 buy	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 buy	aux
3	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 packs	amod
5	packs	pack	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 buy	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 come	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 come	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cards	det
9	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cards	amod
10	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 come	nsubj
11	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 come	aux
12	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 buy	conj
13	up	up	ADV	_	12 come	advmod
14	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	12 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	should	He	more packs					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pack=Theme
2	come up	must	the good cards					soon property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He was just unlucky this once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 unlucky	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 unlucky	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 unlucky	advmod
4	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 unlucky	nsubj
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 unlucky	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					once, unlucky property	tree rules

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