Test 17 · ★ · Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play

did u hear a girl spent all her birthday money "in one day on sweets" and then "couldn't even buy her mum a present". lesson?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, girl · What happens: hear, spend, not buy · To what, where: birthday money, sweets, present, mum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 293 «Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spent	nsubj
6	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 money	det:predet
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 money	nmod:poss
9	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 money	compound
10	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spent	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 money	punct
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 day	case
13	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 day	nummod
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 spent	obl
15	on	on	ADP	_	16 sweets	case
16	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 spent	obl
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 spent	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 buy	cc
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	24 buy	advmod
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	24 buy	punct
21	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	24 buy	aux
22	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	24 buy	advmod
23	even	even	ADV	_	24 buy	advmod
24	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hear	conj
25	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 mum	nmod:poss
26	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 buy	obj
27	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 present	det
28	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 buy	obj
29	"	"	PUNCT	_	28 present	punct
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	31 lesson	punct
31	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 buy	obl
32	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	spend	past	a girl	girl's birthday money		day	on sweets goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent money=Asset on sweet=Goal
3	not buy in a quote	could	u not said here	a present	girl's mum	then	lesson obl	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent mum=Beneficiary present=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

Birthday money doesn't need a plan, you can't run out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 money	compound
2	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	nsubj
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 need	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 need	advmod
5	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 plan	det
7	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 run	punct
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 run	nsubj
10	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 run	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 run	advmod
12	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 need	parataxis
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 run	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present · do-support	Birthday money	a plan					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot plan=Theme
2	not run out	can	you						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Spend it fast before it's lost

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	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Spend	advmod
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 lost	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lost	nsubj:pass
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lost	aux:pass
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Spend	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	imperative	you not said here	it				fast property	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset
2	lose	present · passive		it					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3

Sweets are always worth it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 worth	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 worth	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 worth	advmod
4	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 worth	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Sweets					always, worth property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Save some and spend some; money runs out if you spend it all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Save	save	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	1 Save	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 spend	cc
4	spend	spend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Save	conj
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	4 spend	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 runs	punct
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 runs	nsubj
8	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Save	parataxis
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 runs	compound:prt
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 spend	mark
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 spend	nsubj
12	spend	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 runs	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 spend	obj
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 it	det

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	save	imperative	you not said here	some	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme
2	spend	infinitive	you not said here	some	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Asset
3	run out	present	money		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	spend a condition, not said to happen	present	you	money	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset

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