Test 4 · ★★ · Mum's card: game money is real money
Jayden bought a skin without asking. Wisest next move?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jayden · What happens: buy, ask · To what, where: skin
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 414 «Mum's card: game money is real 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
Sentence 1: Jayden bought a skin without asking.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jayden | Jayden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 bought | nsubj |
| 2 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 skin | det |
| 4 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bought | obj |
| 5 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 6 asking | mark |
| 6 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 bought | advcl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 bought | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | past | Jayden | a skin | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | gerund | Jayden not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «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: Wisest next move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wisest | wise | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 move | amod |
| 2 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 move | amod |
| 3 | move | move | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 move | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Delete the game so there's no proof
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delete | delete | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Delete | obj |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 's | advmod |
| 5 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 6 's | expl |
| 6 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Delete | advcl |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 proof | det |
| 8 | proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 's | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | delete | imperative | you not said here | the game | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme | ||||
| 2 | be | present | no proof | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell his mum himself before she finds it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 3 mum | nmod:unmarked |
| 5 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 7 finds | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 finds | nsubj |
| 7 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 finds | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | his mum himself | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | find | present | she | it | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 3
Wait and hope she never checks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 hope | cc |
| 3 | hope | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | conj |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 checks | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 checks | advmod |
| 6 | checks | check | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hope | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hope | present | you not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not check | present | she | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Blame the game for a glitch that bought it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blame | blame | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Blame | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 glitch | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 glitch | det |
| 6 | glitch | glitch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Blame | obl |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 bought | nsubj |
| 8 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 glitch | acl:relcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 bought | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blame | imperative | you not said here | the game | for a glitch | vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent game=Theme for glitch=Attribute | |||
| 2 | buy | past | a glitch | game | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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