Test 18 · ★ · Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning…

did u hear a kid dropped a twenty out his pocket in town and "a seagull took it". lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid, seagull · What happens: hear, drop, take · To what, where: lesson, twenty pocket, town, pocket · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 308 «Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning time» 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 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dropped	nsubj
6	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pocket	det
8	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 pocket	nummod
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 twenty	compound:prt
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 pocket	nmod:poss
11	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dropped	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 town	case
13	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pocket	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 took	cc
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 took	punct
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 seagull	det
17	seagull	seagull	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 took	nsubj
18	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dropped	conj
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 took	obj
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 took	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl:unmarked
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	lesson		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	drop	past	a kid	kid's twenty pocket	town	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pocket=Theme in town=Destination
3	take in a quote	past	a seagull	pocket		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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

Carry cash in your hand to watch it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carry	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 hand	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hand	nmod:poss
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carry	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 watch	mark
7	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Carry	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 watch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	imperative	you not said here	cash		your hand			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent cash=Value in hand=Location
2	watch	to-infinitive	you not said here	cash					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Keep money somewhere safe; money lost in the street is rarely found

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
3	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	1 Keep	advmod
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keep	xcomp
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 found	punct
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 found	nsubj:pass
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 money	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 street	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 street	det
10	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lost	obl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 found	aux:pass
12	rarely	rarely	ADV	_	13 found	advmod
13	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Keep	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	money		safe, somewhere property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
2	lose	participle		money not said here	the street		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in street=Eventuality
3	find	present · passive		money		rarely property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 3

Money always turns up again later, coz people hand it in to the police

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turns	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 turns	advmod
3	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 turns	compound:prt
5	again	again	ADV	_	3 turns	advmod
6	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	3 turns	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 hand	punct
8	coz	because	SCONJ	_	10 hand	mark
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hand	nsubj
10	hand	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 turns	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hand	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	10 hand	compound:prt
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 police	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 police	det
15	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hand	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn up	present	Money				again	always, late property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hand in	present	people	Money		the police			vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to police=Destination

Option 4

Seagulls only steal food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Seagulls	seagull	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 steal	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 steal	advmod
3	steal	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 steal	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	present	Seagulls	food					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location food=Theme

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