Test 8 · ★ · Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning…
A girl is paid a little for washing the family car and does it carefully. What does she gain besides the money?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: pay, wash, do, gain · To what, where: girl, family car, car
This is test 8 · ★ 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: A girl is paid a little for washing the family car and does it carefully.
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 | 4 paid | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 paid | aux:pass |
| 4 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 little | det |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 paid | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 8 washing | mark |
| 8 | washing | wash | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 paid | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 car | det |
| 10 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 car | compound |
| 11 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 washing | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 does | cc |
| 13 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 paid | conj |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 does | obj |
| 15 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 13 does | advmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 paid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present · passive | a girl | a little obl:unmarked | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | ||||
| 2 | wash | gerund | the family car | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Patient | |||||
| 3 | do | present | car | carefully property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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 does she gain besides the money?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 gain | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 gain | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gain | nsubj |
| 4 | gain | gain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | besides | besides | ADP | _ | 7 money | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 money | det |
| 7 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gain | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 gain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gain | present · do-support | girl | besides the money | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Her family trusts her more and she learns a useful skill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 family | nmod:poss |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 trusts | nsubj |
| 3 | trusts | trust | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 trusts | obj |
| 5 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 trusts | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 learns | cc |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 learns | nsubj |
| 8 | learns | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 trusts | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 skill | det |
| 10 | useful | useful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 skill | amod |
| 11 | skill | skill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 learns | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trust | present | Her family | her = she | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 2 | learn | present | family | a useful skill | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skill=Topic |
Option 2
She can now drive the car herself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 drive | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 drive | aux |
| 3 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 drive | advmod |
| 4 | drive | drive | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 car | det |
| 6 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drive | obj |
| 7 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 drive | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive | can | She | the car | now | herself = she obl | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent car=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
She will never have to do another chore
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 have | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 have | advmod |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 do | mark |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 have | xcomp |
| 7 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 chore | det |
| 8 | chore | chore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not have | future | She | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | She not said here | another chore | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Eventuality |
Option 4
Nothing really, because in the end only the money she is paid matters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 money | nsubj |
| 2 | really | really | ADV | _ | 1 Nothing | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 end | punct |
| 4 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 7 end | case |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 end | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 end | det |
| 7 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 money | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 money | det |
| 10 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 paid | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 paid | aux:pass |
| 13 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 money | acl:relcl |
| 14 | matters | matter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 paid | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present · passive | she | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient matter=Asset |
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