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Test 8 · ★★ · Pocket money, saving and spending

A girl in Ottawa wants the same expensive water bottle as her friends, though hers works fine. What is a wise thought?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: want, work, be · To what, where: same expensive water bottle, wise thought

This is test 8 · ★★ 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 Ottawa wants the same expensive water bottle as her friends, though hers works fine.

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	5 wants	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Ottawa	case
4	Ottawa	Ottawa	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 girl	nmod
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bottle	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bottle	amod
8	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bottle	amod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bottle	compound
10	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wants	obj
11	as	as	ADP	_	13 friends	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 friends	nmod:poss
13	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bottle	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 works	punct
15	though	though	SCONJ	_	17 works	mark
16	hers	her	PRON	Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 works	nsubj
17	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wants	conj
18	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 works	xcomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	a girl in Ottawa	the same expensive water bottle				as girl's friends	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent bottle=Theme as friend=Attribute
2	work	present	girl					fine property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 is a wise thought?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 thought	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thought	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 thought	det
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thought	amod
5	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 thought	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a wise thought					tree rules

The options

Option 1

Expensive things always make you happy

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 make	nsubj
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 make	advmod
4	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 make	obj
6	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Expensive things	you				always, happy property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product

Option 2

Her bottle will break because it is cheap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 bottle	nmod:poss
2	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 break	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 break	aux
4	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 cheap	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cheap	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cheap	cop
8	cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 break	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	future	Her bottle						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	is	present	bottle					cheap property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Things bought only to fit in often bring little joy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 bring	nsubj
2	bought	buy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Things	acl
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 fit	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 fit	mark
5	fit	fit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 bought	advcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	5 fit	compound:prt
7	often	often	ADV	_	8 bring	advmod
8	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 joy	amod
10	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	participle		Things not said here					vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	fit in	to-infinitive							vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	bring	present	Things	little joy				often property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent joy=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

She must buy it or she will lose all her friends

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 buy	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 buy	aux
3	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 buy	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 lose	cc
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 lose	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 lose	aux
8	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 buy	conj
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 friends	det:predet
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 friends	nmod:poss
11	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 lose	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	must	She	it					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	lose	future	she	her friends					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Eventuality

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