Test 2 · ★★ · Prices, change, borrowing and lending
A boy in Leeds has £5. He wants a comic at £2.99 and a drink at £1.49. Can he afford both?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: have, want, afford · To what, where: comic, both
This is test 2 · ★★ 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 boy in Leeds has £5.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 has | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Leeds | case |
| 4 | Leeds | Leeds | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 5 has | obj |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 £ | nummod |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | a boy in Leeds | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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: He wants a comic at £2.99 and a drink at £1.49.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 comic | det |
| 4 | comic | comic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 £ | case |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 2 wants | obj |
| 7 | 2.99 | 2.99 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 £ | nummod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 drink | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 drink | det |
| 10 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 £ | conj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 £ | case |
| 12 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 6 £ | nmod |
| 13 | 1.49 | 1.49 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 £ | nummod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | boy | a comic | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent comic=Theme £=Attribute |
Sentence 3: Can he afford both?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 afford | aux |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 afford | nsubj |
| 3 | afford | afford | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 afford | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 afford | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | afford | can | boy | both | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, the total is about £6, which is too much
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 6 | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 total | det |
| 4 | total | total | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 6 | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 6 | cop |
| 6 | about | about | ADV | _ | 7 £ | advmod |
| 7 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 8 6 | compound |
| 8 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 much | punct |
| 10 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 much | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 much | cop |
| 12 | too | too | ADV | _ | 13 much | advmod |
| 13 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 6 | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the total | £ 6 | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | much property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
No, he needs about £8 for the two
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 needs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 needs | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 needs | nsubj |
| 4 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADV | _ | 6 £ | advmod |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 4 needs | obj |
| 7 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 £ | nummod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 two | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 two | det |
| 10 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 needs | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | he | for the two | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot £=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, the total is about £4.50
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 £ | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 total | det |
| 4 | total | total | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 £ | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 £ | cop |
| 6 | about | about | ADV | _ | 7 £ | advmod |
| 7 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 8 | 4.50 | 4.50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Yes, with £3 left over to spend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 £ | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 £ | case |
| 4 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 5 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 £ | nummod |
| 6 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 £ | acl |
| 7 | over | over | ADV | _ | 6 left | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 spend | mark |
| 9 | spend | spend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 left | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave over | participle | over property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | spend | to-infinitive | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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