Test 6 · ★ · Money in town and staying safe in crowds

A woman asks a boy for money at a bus stop while he is with his grandpa. Whose decision is it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: woman, boy, decision · What happens: ask, be · To what, where: boy, bus stop, decision

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» 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 woman asks a boy for money at a bus stop while he is with his grandpa.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 woman	det
2	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	nsubj
3	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 money	case
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 stop	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 stop	det
10	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stop	compound
11	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	obl
12	while	while	SCONJ	_	17 grandpa	mark
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 grandpa	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 grandpa	cop
15	with	with	ADP	_	17 grandpa	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 grandpa	nmod:poss
17	grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 asks	advcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 asks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	present	a woman		a boy	a bus stop		for money	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient
2	is	present	boy					with boy's grandpa	tree rules

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: Whose decision is it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	2 decision	nmod:poss
2	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 it	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 it	cop
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 it	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The boy's, because she asked him directly and not his grandpa

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asked	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 boy	case
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 asked	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 asked	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 asked	nsubj
7	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 asked	iobj
9	directly	directly	ADV	_	7 asked	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 not	cc
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 directly	conj
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 grandpa	nmod:poss
13	grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 asked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	she	boy's grandpa	boy			directly property	tree rules

Option 2

Nobody's; he must always give money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 give	nsubj
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Nobody	case
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Nobody	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 give	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 give	aux
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 give	advmod
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	must	Nobody	money				always property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

His grandpa's; the boy stays with him and lets him decide

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 grandpa	nmod:poss
2	grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	's	's	PART	_	2 grandpa	case
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 stays	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boy	det
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stays	nsubj
7	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 grandpa	parataxis
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stays	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 lets	cc
11	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stays	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 lets	obj
13	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 lets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stay	present	the boy		with him = he	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with he=Location
2	let	present	the boy not said here	boy		tree rules
3	decide	infinitive	boy not said here			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The bus driver's, because it is a bus stop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 driver	det
2	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 driver	compound
3	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stop	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 driver	case
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stop	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 stop	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stop	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 stop	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 stop	det
10	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stop	compound
11	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	driver	the bus driver's bus stop					tree rules

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