Test 9 · ★ · Spoiling and losing things
«£5, saw a toy, bought it, it's rubbish, now I can't get the comic». Lesson?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: toy, I · What happens: see, buy, be, not get · To what, where: toy, rubbish, comic · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 361 «Spoiling and losing things» 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: «£5, saw a toy, bought it, it's rubbish, now I can't get the comic».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 £ | punct |
| 2 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 5 saw | obl |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 £ | nummod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 saw | punct |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 toy | det |
| 7 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saw | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bought | punct |
| 9 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 saw | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 bought | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 rubbish | punct |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 rubbish | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 rubbish | cop |
| 14 | rubbish | rubbish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bought | parataxis |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 get | punct |
| 16 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 get | advmod |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 get | nsubj |
| 18 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 get | aux |
| 19 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 get | advmod |
| 20 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 saw | ccomp |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 comic | det |
| 22 | comic | comic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 get | obj |
| 23 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 20 get | punct |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 saw | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | past | a toy | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | buy in a quote | past | toy | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | toy | rubbish | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | not get in a quote | can | I | the comic | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer comic=Stimulus |
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: Lesson?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lesson | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Comics are always a waste
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Comics | comic | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 waste | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 waste | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 waste | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 waste | det |
| 5 | waste | waste | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Comics | a waste | always property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Money is only for toys and sweets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 toys | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 toys | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 toys | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 toys | case |
| 5 | toys | toy | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sweets | cc |
| 7 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 toys | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Money | for toys and sweets | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Think before you spend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Think | think | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 4 spend | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 spend | nsubj |
| 4 | spend | spend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Think | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | imperative | you not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | spend | present | you | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Always buy the first thing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 2 buy | advmod |
| 2 | buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 buy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | imperative | you not said here | the first thing | always property | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
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