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Test 7 · ★★ · Pocket money, saving and spending

Your older cousin asks for $20 more pocket money a week and is told no, because the family is saving for a car. What should he do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: older cousin, family · What happens: ask, tell, save, do · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Your older cousin asks for $20 more pocket money a week and is told no, because the family is saving for a car.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 cousin	nmod:poss
2	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 cousin	amod
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 asks	nsubj
4	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 $	case
6	$	$	SYM	_	4 asks	obj
7	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 $	nummod
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 money	amod
9	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 money	compound
10	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 $	nmod:unmarked
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 week	det
12	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 $	nmod:unmarked
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 told	cc
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 told	aux:pass
15	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 asks	conj
16	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	15 told	discourse
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 saving	punct
18	because	because	SCONJ	_	22 saving	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 family	det
20	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 saving	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 saving	aux
22	saving	save	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 told	advcl
23	for	for	ADP	_	25 car	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 car	det
25	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 saving	obl
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	Your older cousin						vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent $=Recipient
2	tell speech: assert	present · passive	Your older cousin not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»
3	save	present · progressive	the family					for a car	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for car=Source

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 should he do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	family						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Take the money from the jar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 money	det
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 jar	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 jar	det
6	jar	jar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	the money		the jar			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent money=Theme from jar=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Accept the answer calmly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Accept	accept	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 answer	det
3	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Accept	obj
4	calmly	calmly	ADV	_	1 Accept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	imperative	you not said here	the answer				calmly property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent answer=Theme

Option 3

Sulk until they change their minds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sulk	sulk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 change	nsubj
2	until	until	SCONJ	_	4 change	mark
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 change	nsubj
4	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 minds	nmod:poss
6	minds	mind	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 change	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	Sulk	their minds					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient
2	mind		their = they						nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Stop doing any chores until they agree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 chores	det
4	chores	chore	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 doing	obj
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 agree	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 agree	nsubj
7	agree	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	do	gerund	you not said here	any chores					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Eventuality
3	agree speech: agree	present	chores = chore						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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