Test 5 · ★★ · Mum's card: game money is real money
Kai: «it was only 2 quid, why's she so mad?» Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, Kai · What happens: be · To what, where: 2 quid
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Kai: «it was only 2 quid, why's she so mad?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 quid | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 quid | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 quid | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 quid | cop |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 2 | advmod |
| 7 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 quid | nummod |
| 8 | quid | quid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kai | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 mad | punct |
| 10 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 mad | advmod |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 mad | cop |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 mad | nsubj |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 mad | advmod |
| 14 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 quid | appos |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 14 mad | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 mad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | past | it | 2 quid | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Kai | mad 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: Best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She's mad at the game, not him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 mad | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 mad | cop |
| 3 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 game | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 game | det |
| 6 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mad | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 him | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 him | advmod |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 mad | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | the game | mad property | tree rules |
Option 2
Two pounds is a fortune
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 pounds | nummod |
| 2 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fortune | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fortune | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fortune | det |
| 5 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Two pounds | a fortune | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It's about not asking, not about the two pounds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 asking | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 asking | aux |
| 3 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 5 asking | mark |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 asking | advmod |
| 5 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 pounds | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 pounds | advmod |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 pounds | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 pounds | det |
| 10 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 pounds | nummod |
| 11 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 asking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not ask speech: ask | present · progressive | It | about the two pounds | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about pound=Topic |
Option 4
She'd be fine if it were ten pounds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 fine | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 fine | cop |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 pounds | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 pounds | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 pounds | cop |
| 8 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 pounds | nummod |
| 9 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fine | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would | She | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a a condition, not said to happen | past | it | ten pounds | tree rules |
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