Test 16 · ★ · Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet

lady reckons she can tell my future for 20 quid, worth it?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: lady · What happens: reckon, tell · To what, where: future · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 280 «Illusions that fool the eye and adverts that fool the wallet» 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	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tell	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 tell	aux
5	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 reckons	ccomp
6	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 future	nmod:poss
7	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tell	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 quid	case
9	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 quid	nummod
10	quid	quid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tell	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 worth	punct
12	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 quid	amod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 worth	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	lady						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	can	lady	my future				for 20 quid	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent future=Recipient

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

Yes, she can really see the future, that's why it costs money

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 see	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 see	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 see	aux
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 see	advmod
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 future	det
8	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 why	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 why	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 why	cop
12	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	14 costs	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 costs	nsubj
14	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 see	advcl
15	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 costs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	can	she	the future		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer future=Stimulus
2	is	present	that		why property	tree rules
3	cost	present	future	money		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme money=Value

Option 2

Yes, if she has a crystal ball

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 has	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 has	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 has	nsubj
5	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 ball	det
7	crystal	crystal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ball	amod
8	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	she	a crystal ball					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, they say general things that fit anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 things	amod
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 say	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 fit	nsubj
8	fit	fit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 things	acl:relcl
9	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 fit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	they	general things					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic
2	fit	present	general things	anyone					vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient

Option 4

Yes, if she knows your star sign

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 knows	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 knows	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 knows	nsubj
5	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sign	nmod:poss
7	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sign	compound
8	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	she	your star sign					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer sign=Stimulus
2	sign		your						nom sign «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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