Test 2 · ★ · Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play
A girl wants a $30 toy and gets $5 a week. What is the best plan?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, best plan · What happens: want, get, be · To what, where: $ toy
This is test 2 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A girl wants a $30 toy and gets $5 a week.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 toy | det |
| 5 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | 7 toy | compound |
| 6 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 $ | nummod |
| 7 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wants | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 gets | cc |
| 9 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wants | conj |
| 10 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | 9 gets | obj |
| 11 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 $ | nummod |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 week | det |
| 13 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gets | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a girl | a $ toy | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot toy=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | present | a girl not said here | week | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer $=Stimulus |
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 the best plan?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 plan | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 plan | amod |
| 5 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best plan | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Ask for the toy every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 toy | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 toy | det |
| 4 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obl |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 day | det |
| 6 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | day | for the toy | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Borrow $30 from a classmate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Borrow | borrow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | 1 Borrow | obj |
| 3 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 $ | nummod |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 classmate | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 classmate | det |
| 6 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Borrow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | borrow | imperative | you not said here | a classmate | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent $=Theme from classmate=Source |
Option 3
Spend it all each week and just hope the toy turns up
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 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 it | det |
| 4 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 week | det |
| 5 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Spend | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 hope | cc |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 hope | advmod |
| 8 | hope | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Spend | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 toy | det |
| 10 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 turns | nsubj |
| 11 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 hope | ccomp |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 turns | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | imperative | you not said here | it | week | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset | |||
| 2 | hope | present | you not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | turn up | present | the toy | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Save part of it each week until she has enough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Save | save | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Save | obj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 part | nmod |
| 5 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 week | det |
| 6 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Save | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 9 has | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 has | nsubj |
| 9 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Save | advcl |
| 10 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | imperative | you not said here | part of part | week | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent part=Theme | |||
| 2 | have | present | she | enough | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enough=Patient |
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