Test 1 · ★★ · Prices, change, borrowing and lending
A girl in Houston pays with a $20 bill for a $6 lunch and gets $24 back. What has happened, and what should she do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: pay, get back, happen, do
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 262 «Prices, change, borrowing and lending» 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 Houston pays with a $20 bill for a $6 lunch and gets $24 back.
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 pays | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Houston | case |
| 4 | Houston | Houston | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 bill | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bill | det |
| 8 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | 10 bill | compound |
| 9 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 $ | nummod |
| 10 | bill | bill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pays | obl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 lunch | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 lunch | det |
| 13 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | 15 lunch | compound |
| 14 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 $ | nummod |
| 15 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pays | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 gets | cc |
| 17 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 pays | conj |
| 18 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | 17 gets | obj |
| 19 | 24 | 24 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 18 $ | nummod |
| 20 | back | back | ADV | _ | 17 gets | advmod |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 pays | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | a girl in Houston | with a $ bill; for a $ lunch | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for lunch=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get back | present | a girl in Houston not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer $=Stimulus |
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 has happened, and what should she do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 happened | aux |
| 3 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 do | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 do | cc |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 do | obj |
| 7 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 do | aux |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 do | nsubj |
| 9 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 happened | conj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present · perfect | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | do | should | girl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She got $4 too much, so she keeps it as luck
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 | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | 2 got | obj |
| 4 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 $ | nummod |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 much | advmod |
| 6 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 $ | amod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 keeps | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 keeps | advmod |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 keeps | nsubj |
| 10 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 keeps | obj |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 luck | case |
| 13 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 keeps | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | She | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer $=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | keep | present | she | it | as luck | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
The shop owes her even more money
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 owes | nsubj |
| 3 | owes | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 money | nmod:poss |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 more | advmod |
| 6 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 money | amod |
| 7 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 owes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | owe | present | the shop | shop's more money | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
Option 3
She got the right change
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 | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 change | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 change | amod |
| 5 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | She | the right change | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer change=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She got $10 too much, so she gives it back
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 | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | 2 got | obj |
| 4 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 $ | nummod |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 much | advmod |
| 6 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 $ | amod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 gives | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 gives | advmod |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 gives | nsubj |
| 10 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 gives | iobj |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 10 gives | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | She | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer $=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | give back | present | she | it | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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