Test 2 · Sweets, change and a friend's toy
Mum, counting coins: «this is two quid short. where's the rest??» What should the boy say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, this, boy · What happens: count, be, say · To what, where: coins, rest · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 338 «Sweets, change and a friend's toy» 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: Mum, counting coins: «this is two quid short. where's the rest??»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 counting | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 counting | punct |
| 3 | counting | count | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 counting | obj |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 short | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 short | punct |
| 7 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 short | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 short | cop |
| 9 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 short | nsubj |
| 10 | quid | quid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 short | amod |
| 11 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 counting | ccomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 short | punct |
| 13 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 16 rest | advmod |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 rest | cop |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 rest | det |
| 16 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 short | obl |
| 17 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 11 short | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 counting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | gerund | Mum | coins | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | this | short property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | the rest | 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.
Sentence 2: What should the boy say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 boy | det |
| 4 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | should | the boy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The truth, and give the money back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 truth | det |
| 2 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 give | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 give | cc |
| 5 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 money | det |
| 7 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | obj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 give | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give back | infinitive | the truth | the money | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
Option 2
That the shop gave the wrong change
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 shop | det |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 shop | det |
| 3 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 change | det |
| 6 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 change | amod |
| 7 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | that shop | the wrong change | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent change=Theme |
Option 3
That all the prices in the shop went up today
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 went | nsubj |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 prices | det:predet |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prices | det |
| 4 | prices | price | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 went | nsubj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 shop | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 shop | det |
| 7 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 prices | nmod |
| 8 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 went | compound:prt |
| 10 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 went | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go up | past | That | today | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 4
That he dropped it down a drain on the way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 dropped | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 dropped | nsubj |
| 3 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 dropped | obj |
| 5 | down | down | ADP | _ | 3 dropped | compound:prt |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 drain | det |
| 7 | drain | drain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dropped | obl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 way | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 way | det |
| 10 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dropped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop down | past | That | it | the way | a drain obl | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on way=Destination |
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