Test 18 · Taking care of your things and money

my mate says the big family pack is always cheaper, that's why it's big

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, big family pack, that, pack · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 of lesson 37 «Taking care of your things and money» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pack	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pack	amod
6	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pack	compound
7	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cheaper	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 cheaper	cop
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 cheaper	advmod
10	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 says	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 why	punct
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 why	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 why	cop
14	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 says	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 big	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 big	cop
17	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 why	advcl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the big family pack	always, cheap property	tree rules
3	is	present	that	why property	tree rules
4	is	present	pack	big 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.

The options

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

Not always; compare the price of one item, because a bigger pack is not always cheaper

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 compare	advmod
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 compare	advmod
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 compare	punct
4	compare	compare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 price	det
6	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 compare	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 item	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 item	nummod
9	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 price	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 cheaper	punct
11	because	because	SCONJ	_	18 cheaper	mark
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 pack	det
13	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	14 pack	amod
14	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 cheaper	nsubj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 cheaper	cop
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 cheaper	advmod
17	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	18 cheaper	advmod
18	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 compare	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not compare	imperative	you not said here	the price of one item				always property	vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Patient
2	not is	present	a bigger pack					always, cheap property	tree rules

Option 2

He is right, bigger always costs less per item

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 costs	punct
5	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 costs	amod
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 costs	advmod
7	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	advcl
8	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 costs	obj
9	per	per	ADP	_	10 item	case
10	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 less	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	cost	present	He not said here	less				always property	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme less=Value

Option 3

He is right, if the packet is shiny

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 shiny	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 shiny	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 packet	det
7	packet	packet	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shiny	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 shiny	cop
9	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the packet					shiny property	tree rules

Option 4

He is right, shops never charge more for big packs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 charge	punct
5	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 charge	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 charge	advmod
7	charge	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 charge	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 packs	case
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 packs	amod
11	packs	pack	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 charge	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	not charge	present	shops	more				for big packs	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent more=Patient for pack=Theme

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