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Test 6 · ★★ · Pocket money, saving and spending

Two weeks after buying a torch, Mia finds it does not switch on. What helps her most now?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mia, torch · What happens: buy, find, not switch on, help · To what, where: torch, Mia · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: Two weeks after buying a torch, Mia finds it does not switch on.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 weeks	nummod
2	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 after	obl:unmarked
3	after	after	SCONJ	_	4 buying	mark
4	buying	buy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 finds	advcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 torch	det
6	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buying	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 buying	punct
8	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 finds	nsubj
9	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 switch	nsubj
11	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 switch	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 switch	advmod
13	switch	switch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 finds	ccomp
14	on	on	ADP	_	13 switch	compound:prt
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 finds	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	gerund	Mia not said here	a torch					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torch=Theme
2	find	present	Mia						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	not switch on	present · do-support	torch						vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: 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: What helps her most now?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 helps	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 now	advmod
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 helps	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present			Mia		now		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Writing a letter to the battery maker

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	write	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 letter	det
3	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Writing	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 maker	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 maker	det
6	battery	battery	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 maker	compound
7	maker	maker	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Writing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	gerund		a letter	the battery maker				vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent letter=Topic to maker=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The receipt she kept from the shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 receipt	det
2	receipt	receipt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	nsubj
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 shop	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shop	det
7	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	the receipt			the shop			vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from shop=Eventuality

Option 3

Asking a friend to fix it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 friend	det
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Asking	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fix	mark
5	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Asking	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fix	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	gerund			a friend				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic
2	fix not said to happen	to-infinitive		friend					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4

Buying a new torch quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buying	buy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 torch	det
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 torch	amod
4	torch	torch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Buying	obj
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Buying	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	gerund		a new torch				quickly property	vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torch=Theme

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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