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Test 9 · ★★ · Mum's card: game money is real money

Leo's mum types the password for his one monthly buy. Why does this work so well?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, Leo · What happens: type, buy, do · To what, where: password, work

This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Leo's mum types the password for his one monthly buy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mum	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Leo	case
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 types	nsubj
4	types	type	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 password	det
6	password	password	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 types	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	11 buy	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 buy	nmod:poss
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 buy	nummod
10	monthly	monthly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 buy	amod
11	buy	buy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 types	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 types	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	type	present	Leo's mum	the password				for Leo's one monthly buy	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent password=Theme
2	buy		Leo						nom buy «possession transitive»: poss=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: Why does this work so well?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	conj
3	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 work	det
4	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 well	advmod
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 does	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present		this work				well property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

The rule is clear and the purchase is always asked for

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rule	det
2	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 clear	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 clear	cop
4	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 asked	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 purchase	det
7	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 asked	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 asked	aux:pass
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 asked	advmod
10	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 clear	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	10 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the rule					clear property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	present · passive		the purchase				always property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Leo knows the password anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 knows	nsubj
2	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 password	det
4	password	password	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knows	obj
5	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	2 knows	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	Leo	the password				anyway property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer password=Stimulus

Option 3

Leo can buy as much as he likes, as long as it's under a pound

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 buy	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 buy	aux
3	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 much	advmod
5	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 buy	obj
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 likes	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 likes	nsubj
8	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 much	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 long	punct
10	as	as	ADV	_	11 long	advmod
11	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 buy	advmod
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	17 pound	mark
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 pound	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 pound	cop
15	under	under	ADP	_	17 pound	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 pound	det
17	pound	pound	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 long	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	can	Leo	much				long property	vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme
2	like	present	Leo						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	is	present	it			a pound			tree rules

Option 4

His mum never checks what he buys

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 checks	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 checks	advmod
4	checks	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 buys	obj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 buys	nsubj
7	buys	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 checks	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not check	present	His mum						tree rules
2	buy	present	he						vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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