Test 5 · ★ · Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning… You have £5. You want items costing £1.90, £2.10 and £1.95. Which is the quickest sensible check?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You, items · What happens: have, want, cost, be · To what, where: items, quickest sensible check
This is test 5 · ★ 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 Sentence 1: You have £5.
nsubj obj nummod punct root You PRON have VERB £ SYM 5 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 have nsubj 2 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 £ £ SYM _ 2 have obj 4 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 £ nummod 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 have punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present You vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Patient
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: You want items costing £1.90, £2.10 and £1.95.
nsubj obj acl obj nummod punct conj nummod cc obl nummod punct root You PRON want VERB items NOUN costing VERB £ SYM 1.90 NUM , PUNCT £ SYM 2.10 NUM and CCONJ £ SYM 1.95 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 want nsubj 2 want want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 items item NOUN Number=Plur 2 want obj 4 costing cost VERB VerbForm=Ger 3 items acl 5 £ £ SYM _ 4 costing obj 6 1.90 1.90 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 £ nummod 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 £ punct 8 £ £ SYM _ 5 £ conj 9 2.10 2.10 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 £ nummod 10 and and CCONJ _ 11 £ cc 11 £ £ SYM _ 4 costing obl 12 1.95 1.95 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 11 £ nummod 13 . . PUNCT _ 2 want punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 want present You items vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot item=Theme 2 cost gerund items not said here vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme £=Value
Sentence 3: Which is the quickest sensible check?
nsubj cop det amod amod punct root Which PRON is AUX the DET quickest ADJ sensible ADJ check NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which PRON PronType=Rel 6 check nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 check cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 check det 4 quickest quick ADJ Degree=Sup 6 check amod 5 sensible sensible ADJ Degree=Pos 6 check amod 6 check check NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 check punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the quickest sensible check tree rules
The options Option 1 Hand over the £5 and hope it is enough
nsubj case det nmod nummod cc conj obj cop root Hand NOUN over ADP the DET £ SYM 5 NUM and CCONJ hope VERB it PRON is AUX enough ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Hand hand NOUN Number=Sing 10 enough nsubj 2 over over ADP _ 4 £ case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 £ det 4 £ £ SYM _ 1 Hand nmod 5 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 £ nummod 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 hope cc 7 hope hope VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 £ conj 8 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 hope obj 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 enough cop 10 enough enough ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hope present Hand not said here Hand tree rules 2 is present Hand enough property tree rules
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Ask the cashier to guess the total for you before you hand it over
det obj mark xcomp det obj case obl mark nsubj advcl obj compound:prt root Ask VERB the DET cashier NOUN to PART guess VERB the DET total NOUN for ADP you PRON before SCONJ you PRON hand VERB it PRON over ADP The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ask ask VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 cashier det 3 cashier cashier NOUN Number=Sing 1 Ask obj 4 to to PART _ 5 guess mark 5 guess guess VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Ask xcomp 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 total det 7 total total NOUN Number=Sing 5 guess obj 8 for for ADP _ 9 you case 9 you you PRON Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 guess obl 10 before before SCONJ _ 12 hand mark 11 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 12 hand nsubj 12 hand hand VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 guess advcl 13 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 hand obj 14 over over ADP _ 12 hand compound:prt
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask imperative you not said here the cashier vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent cashier=Recipient clause=Topic 2 guess not said to happen to-infinitive the cashier not said here the total for you vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent total=Theme 3 hand over present you total vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
Option 3 Buy them all and pay the rest next week
iobj nmod:unmarked cc conj det obj amod obl:unmarked root Buy VERB them PRON all DET and CCONJ pay VERB the DET rest NOUN next ADJ week NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Buy buy VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Buy iobj 3 all all DET PronType=Tot 2 them nmod:unmarked 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 pay cc 5 pay pay VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Buy conj 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 rest det 7 rest rest NOUN Number=Sing 5 pay obj 8 next next ADJ Degree=Pos 9 week amod 9 week week NOUN Number=Sing 5 pay obl:unmarked
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 buy imperative you not said here them = they vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme 2 pay infinitive you not said here the rest week vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Asset
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Round to £2 each, about £6, so you do not have enough
The tree, 14 words advmod case obl nummod obl:unmarked punct advmod obj nummod punct advmod nsubj aux advmod obj root Round ADV to ADP £ SYM 2 NUM each DET , PUNCT about ADV £ SYM 6 NUM , PUNCT so ADV you PRON do AUX not PART have VERB enough ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Round round ADV _ 15 have advmod 2 to to ADP _ 3 £ case 3 £ £ SYM _ 1 Round obl 4 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 £ nummod 5 each each DET PronType=Tot 1 Round obl:unmarked 6 , , PUNCT _ 1 Round punct 7 about about ADV _ 8 £ advmod 8 £ £ SYM _ 1 Round obj 9 6 6 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 £ nummod 10 , , PUNCT _ 1 Round punct 11 so so ADV _ 15 have advmod 12 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 15 have nsubj 13 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 have aux 14 not not PART Polarity=Neg 15 have advmod 15 have have VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 16 enough enough ADJ Degree=Pos 15 have obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not have present · do-support you enough round property vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent enough=Patient
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