Test 5 · ★★ · Pocket money, saving and spending

Why might paying more for a sturdy pair of trainers save money?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: pay, save · To what, where: more, money

This is test 5 · ★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 paying	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 paying	aux
3	paying	pay	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 save	nsubj
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 paying	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 pair	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pair	det
7	sturdy	sturdy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pair	amod
8	pair	pair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paying	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 trainers	case
10	trainers	trainer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pair	nmod
11	save	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 save	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 save	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	might		more				for a sturdy pair of trainers	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent more=Asset for pair=Theme
2	save	present		money					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=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 · ✓ the right answer

They last longer than several cheap pairs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 last	nsubj
2	last	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 last	advmod
4	than	than	ADP	_	7 pairs	case
5	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pairs	amod
6	cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pairs	amod
7	pairs	pair	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 longer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	last	present	They					long property	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme

Option 2

The shop gives a refund when they wear out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shop	det
2	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gives	nsubj
3	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 refund	det
5	refund	refund	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gives	obj
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 wear	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wear	nsubj
8	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gives	advcl
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 wear	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	the shop	a refund					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refund=Theme
2	wear out	present	they						vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Cheap shoes are not allowed at school by the rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 shoes	amod
2	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 allowed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 allowed	aux:pass
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 allowed	advmod
5	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 allowed	obl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 rules	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 rules	det
10	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 allowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive	the rules	Cheap shoes		school			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Expensive things never break or wear out at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 things	amod
2	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 break	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 break	advmod
4	break	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 wear	cc
6	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 break	conj
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 wear	compound:prt
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 wear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not break	present	Expensive things						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	wear out	present	Expensive things not said here			all			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at all=Source

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