Test 5 · ★ · Being trusted and what to do with things you find
A shop gives you too much change by mistake. What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: shop · What happens: give, be · To what, where: much change, you
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 286 «Being trusted and what to do with things you find» 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 shop gives you too much change by mistake.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 shop | det |
| 2 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | nsubj |
| 3 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 gives | iobj |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 much | advmod |
| 6 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 change | amod |
| 7 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | obj |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 mistake | case |
| 9 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gives | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gives | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | a shop | much change | you | by mistake | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient change=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.
Sentence 2: What is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Point out the mistake and give the extra back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Point | point | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Point | compound:prt |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 mistake | det |
| 4 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Point | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 give | cc |
| 6 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Point | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 back | det |
| 8 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 back | amod |
| 9 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | point out | imperative | you not said here | the mistake | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Patient | ||||
| 2 | give | infinitive | you not said here | the extra back | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme |
Option 2
Give it to a friend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 friend | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 friend | det |
| 5 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | it | a friend | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to friend=Recipient |
Option 3
Keep it, because it was their mistake and not your fault
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mistake | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 mistake | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 mistake | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 mistake | cop |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 mistake | nmod:poss |
| 8 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | parataxis |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 fault | cc |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 fault | advmod |
| 11 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 fault | nmod:poss |
| 12 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mistake | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | their mistake and your fault | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | fault | your | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Spend it on sweets at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spend | spend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Spend | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 sweets | case |
| 4 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Spend | obl |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 once | case |
| 6 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Spend | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | imperative | you not said here | it | on sweets goal | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Asset on sweet=Goal |
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