Test 7 · ★ · Routines, screen time and earning money
A girl in Wales sells cupcakes at the school fair. Why does she wash her hands and label the prices clearly?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: sell, wash, label · To what, where: cupcakes, school fair, hands, prices
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 264 «Routines, screen time and earning money» 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 Wales sells cupcakes at the school fair.
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 sells | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Wales | case |
| 4 | Wales | Wales | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | sells | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | cupcakes | cupcake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sells | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 fair | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 fair | det |
| 9 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fair | compound |
| 10 | fair | fair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sells | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sells | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | present | a girl in Wales | cupcakes | the school fair | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent cupcake=Theme at fair=Asset |
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: Why does she wash her hands and label the prices clearly?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 wash | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wash | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wash | nsubj |
| 4 | wash | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 hands | nmod:poss |
| 6 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 wash | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 label | cc |
| 8 | label | label | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wash | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 prices | det |
| 10 | prices | price | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 label | obj |
| 11 | clearly | clearly | ADV | _ | 8 label | advmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 wash | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash | present · do-support | girl | girl's hands | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | ||||
| 2 | label | infinitive | girl not said here | the prices | clearly property | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent price=Destination |
The options
Option 1
It is only for show
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 show | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 show | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 show | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 show | case |
| 5 | show | show | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | for show | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Washing hands makes them sell faster than the other stalls
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washing | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 makes | csubj |
| 2 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Washing | obj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 makes | obj |
| 5 | sell | sell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 makes | xcomp |
| 6 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 makes | advmod |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 stalls | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 stalls | det |
| 9 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 stalls | amod |
| 10 | stalls | stall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 faster | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wash | gerund | hands | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient | |||||
| 2 | make | present | Washing | hands = hand | fast property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | sell | infinitive | hands = hand not said here | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Labels make cupcakes taste better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Labels | label | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | nsubj |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | cupcakes | cupcake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 make | obj |
| 4 | taste | taste | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 make | xcomp |
| 5 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 taste | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Labels | cupcakes | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | taste | infinitive | cupcakes not said here | well property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It keeps food safe and customers know what to pay
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 keeps | nsubj |
| 2 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keeps | obj |
| 4 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 keeps | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 know | cc |
| 6 | customers | customer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 know | nsubj |
| 7 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 keeps | conj |
| 8 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 pay | obj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 pay | mark |
| 10 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 know | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | It | food | safe property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme | |||
| 2 | know | present | customers | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | pay | to-infinitive | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Asset |
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