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Test 4 · Sweets, change and a friend's toy

Priest at confession: «Have you given back what you took?» The boy took a pound from Mum. What does the priest mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, boy, priest · What happens: give back, take, mean · To what, where: Priest, pound

This is test 4 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: Priest at confession: «Have you given back what you took?»

oblcaseoblpunctpunctauxnsubjadvmodobjnsubjacl:relclpunctpunctrootPriestADJatADPconfessionNOUN:PUNCT«PUNCTHaveAUXyouPRONgivenVERBbackADVwhatPRONyouPRONtookVERB?PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PriestpryADJDegree=Sup8 givenobl
2atatADP_3 confessioncase
3confessionconfessionNOUNNumber=Sing1 Priestobl
4::PUNCT_6 Havepunct
5««PUNCT_6 Havepunct
6HavehaveAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 givenaux
7youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs8 givennsubj
8givengiveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
9backbackADV_10 whatadvmod
10whatwhatPRONPronType=Int8 givenobj
11youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs12 tooknsubj
12tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin10 whatacl:relcl
13??PUNCT_8 givenpunct
14»»PUNCT_8 givenpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1give back in a quotepresent · perfectyouPriestvn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme
2take in a quotepastyouvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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: The boy took a pound from Mum.

detnsubjdetobjcaseoblpunctrootTheDETboyNOUNtookVERBaDETpoundNOUNfromADPMumNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 boydet
2boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing3 tooknsubj
3tooktakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 pounddet
5poundpoundNOUNNumber=Sing3 tookobj
6fromfromADP_7 Mumcase
7MummumNOUNNumber=Sing3 tookobl
8..PUNCT_3 tookpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1takepastthe boya poundfrom Mumvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent pound=Theme from mum=Initial_Location

Sentence 3: What does the priest mean?

objauxdetnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONdoesAUXtheDETpriestNOUNmeanVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int5 meanobj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 meanaux
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 priestdet
4priestpriestNOUNNumber=Sing5 meannsubj
5meanmeanVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6??PUNCT_5 meanpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresent · do-supportthe priestvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Confession doesn't replace paying back the pound

nsubjauxadvmodxcompadvmoddetobjrootConfessionNOUNdoesAUXn'tPARTreplaceVERBpayingVERBbackADVtheDETpoundNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ConfessionconfessionNOUNNumber=Sing4 replacensubj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 replaceaux
3n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 replaceadvmod
4replacereplaceVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5payingpayVERBVerbForm=Ger4 replacexcomp
6backbackADV_5 payingadvmod
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 pounddet
8poundpoundNOUNNumber=Sing5 payingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not replacepresent · do-supportConfessiontree rules
2pay backgerundConfession not said herethe poundvn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pound=Asset

Option 2

Only money above ten pounds must be given back

advmodnsubj:passadvmodnummodconjauxaux:passadvmodrootOnlyADVmoneyNOUNaboveADVtenNUMpoundsNOUNmustAUXbeAUXgivenVERBbackADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_2 moneyadvmod
2moneymoneyNOUNNumber=Sing8 givennsubj:pass
3aboveaboveADV_4 tenadvmod
4tentenNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card5 poundsnummod
5poundspoundNOUNNumber=Plur2 moneyconj
6mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin8 givenaux
7bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf8 givenaux:pass
8givengiveVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
9backbackADV_8 givenadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1give backmust · passivemoney and ten poundsvn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Paying back is not needed after confession

csubj:passadvmodaux:passadvmodcaseoblrootPayingVERBbackADVisAUXnotPARTneededVERBafterADPconfessionNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PayingpayVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 neededcsubj:pass
2backbackADV_1 Payingadvmod
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 neededaux:pass
4notnotPARTPolarity=Neg5 neededadvmod
5neededneedVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6afterafterADP_7 confessioncase
7confessionconfessionNOUNNumber=Sing5 neededobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1pay backgerundvn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2not needpresent · passivePayingafter confessionvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»

Option 4

He wants the pound for the church

nsubjdetobjcasedetoblrootHePRONwantsVERBtheDETpoundNOUNforADPtheDETchurchNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs2 wantsnsubj
2wantswantVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 pounddet
4poundpoundNOUNNumber=Sing2 wantsobj
5forforADP_7 churchcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 churchdet
7churchchurchNOUNNumber=Sing2 wantsobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1wantpresentHethe poundfor the churchvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pound=Theme

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