Test 12 · ★ · Shops, restaurants and libraries

in the us the sign said $10 but they want more at the till??

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sign, they · What happens: say, want · To what, where: more · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 273 «Shops, restaurants and libraries» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	in	in	ADP	_	3 us	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 us	det
3	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 said	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sign	det
5	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 said	nsubj
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	$	$	SYM	_	6 said	obj
8	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 $	nummod
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 want	cc
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 want	nsubj
11	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 said	conj
12	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 want	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 till	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 till	det
15	till	till	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 more	obl
16	??	??	PUNCT	_	6 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the sign					in us	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent $=Theme in we=Manner
2	want	present	they	more					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot more=Theme

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

They charged you twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 charged	nsubj
2	charged	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 charged	iobj
4	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 charged	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge	past	They		you			twice property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location you=Theme

Option 2

The shop is cheating you

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	4 cheating	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cheating	aux
4	cheating	cheat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 cheating	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cheat	present · progressive	the shop	you					vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Source

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Sales tax is added at the checkout

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sales	sale	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tax	compound
2	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 added	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 added	aux:pass
4	added	add	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 checkout	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 checkout	det
7	checkout	checkout	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 added	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	present · passive		Sales tax		the checkout			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

The price went up in a minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 price	det
2	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 went	compound:prt
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 minute	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 minute	det
7	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go up	past	the price				minute		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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