Test 5 · In-game purchases and skins: the dancing banana problem
«just 1,500 V-bucks, that's nothing». What does Priya say?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that, Priya · What happens: be, say · To what, where: nothing · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 of lesson 412 «In-game purchases and skins: the dancing banana problem» 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: «just 1,500 V-bucks, that's nothing».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 bucks | punct |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 bucks | advmod |
| 3 | 1,500 | 1,500 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 bucks | nummod |
| 4 | V | v | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bucks | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 V | punct |
| 6 | bucks | buck | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 nothing | punct |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 nothing | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 nothing | cop |
| 10 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 bucks | appos |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 10 nothing | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 bucks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | that | nothing | 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: What does Priya say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 say | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 say | aux |
| 3 | Priya | Priya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 say | nsubj |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · do-support | Priya | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
V-bucks only count after midnight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V | v | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bucks | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 V | punct |
| 3 | bucks | buck | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 count | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 count | advmod |
| 5 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 midnight | case |
| 7 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 count | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | V bucks | midnight | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
V-bucks are worth nothing at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V | v | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bucks | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 V | punct |
| 3 | bucks | buck | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 nothing | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 nothing | cop |
| 5 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 nothing | amod |
| 6 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 nothing | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | V bucks | nothing | all | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
V-bucks cost real money, so check the price in pounds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V | v | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bucks | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 V | punct |
| 3 | bucks | buck | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cost | nsubj |
| 4 | cost | cost | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 money | amod |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cost | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 check | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 check | advmod |
| 9 | check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 cost | parataxis |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 price | det |
| 11 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 check | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 pounds | case |
| 13 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 check | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cost | present | V bucks | real money | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme money=Value | ||||
| 2 | check | infinitive | the price | pounds | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Theme |
Option 4
V-bucks are free, so spend them all whenever you like
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | V | v | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bucks | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 V | punct |
| 3 | bucks | buck | 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 |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 spend | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 spend | advmod |
| 8 | spend | spend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 free | parataxis |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 spend | obj |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 them | nmod:unmarked |
| 11 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 like | advmod |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 like | nsubj |
| 13 | like | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 spend | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | V bucks | free property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | spend | infinitive | bucks = buck | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset | |||||
| 3 | like | present | you | whenever property | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
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