Test 8 · Spending money online without asking
«saw something on that app and now i can't sleep». What's the best advice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i, best advice · What happens: see, not sleep, be · To what, where: something, app
This is test 8 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: «saw something on that app and now i can't sleep».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 saw | punct |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 saw | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 app | case |
| 5 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 app | det |
| 6 | app | app | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 sleep | cc |
| 8 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 sleep | advmod |
| 9 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 sleep | nsubj |
| 10 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 sleep | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 sleep | advmod |
| 12 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 saw | conj |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 sleep | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 saw | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | past | something | that app | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer something=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | not sleep in a quote | can | i | now | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: 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: What's the best advice?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 advice | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 advice | amod |
| 5 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best advice | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Delete your memory
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delete | delete | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 memory | nmod:poss |
| 3 | memory | memory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Delete | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | delete | imperative | you not said here | your memory | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent memory=Theme |
Option 2
Watch it again so you get used to it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Watch | obj |
| 3 | again | again | ADV | _ | 1 Watch | advmod |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 used | advmod |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 used | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 used | aux:pass |
| 7 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Watch | advcl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 used | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | watch | imperative | you not said here | it | again | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | use | present · passive | you | it | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
Keep it secret
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | secret | secret | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | it | secret property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Tell a parent; it helps to talk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 parent | det |
| 3 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 helps | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 helps | nsubj |
| 6 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | parataxis |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 talk | mark |
| 8 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 helps | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a parent | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | help | present | parent | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | talk | to-infinitive | parent not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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