Test 5 · Spending money online without asking
bought gems last month and Mum never said anything, «it worked last time, so it's fine». Is it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bought gems, it · What happens: buy, not say, work, be · To what, where: anything · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 of lesson 362 «Spending money online without asking» 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: bought gems last month and Mum never said anything, «it worked last time, so it's fine».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bought | buy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 gems | amod |
| 2 | gems | gem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 said | nsubj |
| 3 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 month | amod |
| 4 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gems | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 Mum | cc |
| 6 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 month | conj |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 said | advmod |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 said | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 worked | punct |
| 11 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 13 worked | punct |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 worked | nsubj |
| 13 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 said | conj |
| 14 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 time | amod |
| 15 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 worked | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 fine | punct |
| 17 | so | so | ADV | _ | 20 fine | advmod |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 fine | expl |
| 19 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 fine | cop |
| 20 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 worked | advcl |
| 21 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 20 fine | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | participle | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | not say speech: assert | past | bought gems last month and Mum | anything | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent anything=Topic | ||||
| 3 | work in a quote | past | it | time | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | fine 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.
Sentence 2: Is it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Is | nsubj |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Is | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | it | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, gems are free
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 free | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | gems | gem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 free | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 free | cop |
| 5 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | gems | free property | tree rules |
Option 2
Only on her birthday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 birthday | advmod |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 birthday | case |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 birthday | nmod:poss |
| 4 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Yes, if she didn't notice last month then it's fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 notice | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 notice | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 notice | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 notice | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 notice | advmod |
| 7 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 month | amod |
| 9 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 notice | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 fine | advmod |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 fine | expl |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 fine | cop |
| 13 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 notice | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not notice | past · do-support | she | month | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is | present | she not said here | then | fine property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, it was real money taken without asking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 money | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 money | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 money | cop |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 money | amod |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | taken | take | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 money | acl |
| 8 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 9 asking | mark |
| 9 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 taken | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | real money | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | participle | real money not said here | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | gerund | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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