Test 18 · ★★ · Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the…

my mate says some site sells "real designer trainers for 5 quid, his cousin got 10 pairs". what's likely

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, site, cousin · What happens: say, sell, get, be · To what, where: real designer trainers, 10 pairs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 314 «Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the news» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 site	det
5	site	site	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sells	nsubj
6	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 trainers	punct
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 trainers	amod
9	designer	designer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 trainers	compound
10	trainers	trainer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sells	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 quid	case
12	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 quid	nummod
13	quid	quid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 trainers	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 got	punct
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 cousin	nmod:poss
16	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 got	nsubj
17	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
18	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	19 pairs	nummod
19	pairs	pair	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 got	obj
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 got	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	24 likely	nsubj
23	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 likely	cop
24	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sell	present	some site	real designer trainers	for 5 quid	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent trainer=Theme for quid=Asset
3	get in a quote	past	site's cousin	10 pairs		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pair=Stimulus
4	is	present			likely property	tree rules

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

It's a real bargain, buy them fast before his cousin buys the rest

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bargain	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bargain	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bargain	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bargain	amod
5	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 buys	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 buy	punct
7	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 bargain	parataxis
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 buy	obj
9	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 buy	advmod
10	before	before	ADP	_	12 cousin	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 cousin	nmod:poss
12	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 buy	obl
13	buys	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 rest	det
15	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 buys	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a real bargain			tree rules
2	buy	infinitive		them = they	before bargain's cousin	fast property	vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
3	buy	present	a real bargain	the rest			vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme

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

A price that low on a strange site usually means a fake shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 price	det
2	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 means	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 low	nsubj
4	low	low	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 price	acl:relcl
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 site	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 site	det
7	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 site	amod
8	site	site	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 low	obl
9	usually	usually	ADV	_	10 means	advmod
10	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 shop	det
12	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 shop	amod
13	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 means	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	low	present	a price			a strange site			vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present	a price	a fake shop				usually property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shop=Topic

Option 3

His cousin must be rich now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rich	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 rich	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 rich	cop
5	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 rich	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	His cousin				now	rich property	tree rules

Option 4

Designer brands sell cheap online

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Designer	designer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brands	compound
2	brands	brand	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 sell	nsubj
3	sell	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	cheap	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sell	xcomp
5	online	online	ADV	_	3 sell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present	Designer brands					cheap, online property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent

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