Test 7 · ★★ · Mum's card: game money is real money
Zara's dad: «you'll pay it back from your pocket money». Zara: «harsh!» What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: pay back, be · To what, where: it, pocket money
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Zara's dad: «you'll pay it back from your pocket money».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zara | Zara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Zara | case |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 dad | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 pay | punct |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 pay | nsubj |
| 7 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 pay | aux |
| 8 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 dad | appos |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 pay | obj |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 pay | advmod |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 money | case |
| 12 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 money | nmod:poss |
| 13 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 money | compound | ||
| 14 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pay | obl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 pay | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 dad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay back in a quote | future | you | it | your pocket money | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |
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: Zara: «harsh!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zara | Zara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 harsh | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 harsh | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 harsh | punct |
| 4 | harsh | harsh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 harsh | punct |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 harsh | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: What's true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only grown-ups pay money back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 ups | advmod |
| 2 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 ups | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 grown | punct |
| 4 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pay | nsubj |
| 5 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pay | obj |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 pay | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | pay back | present | grown ups | money | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset |
Option 2
It is unfair because it was only a mistake
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 | 3 unfair | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 unfair | cop |
| 3 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 mistake | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 mistake | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 mistake | cop |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 mistake | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 mistake | det |
| 9 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 unfair | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | unfair property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a mistake | tree rules |
Option 3
Children should never pay anything back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pay | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 pay | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 pay | advmod |
| 4 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 pay | obj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 pay | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not pay back | should | Children | anything | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Asset |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Paying back is a fair way to make it right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paying | pay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 way | csubj |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Paying | advmod |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 way | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 way | det |
| 5 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 way | amod |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 make | mark |
| 8 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 way | acl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 make | obj |
| 10 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay back | gerund | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | Paying | a fair way | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | make | to-infinitive | way | right property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
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