Test 1 · Gift cards and birthday money: making it last
«got 3 gift cards, spending em ALL tonight lol». Wise reply?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: get, spend · To what, where: 3 gift cards, em
This is test 1 of lesson 415 «Gift cards and birthday money: making it last» 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: «got 3 gift cards, spending em ALL tonight lol».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 got | punct |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 cards | nummod |
| 4 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cards | compound |
| 5 | cards | card | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 got | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 spending | punct |
| 7 | spending | spend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 got | advcl |
| 8 | em | they | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 spending | obj |
| 9 | ALL | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 tonight | det |
| 10 | tonight | tonight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spending | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 2 got | discourse |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 got | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past | 3 gift cards | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer card=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | spend in a quote | gerund | em = they | tonight | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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: Wise reply?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 reply | amod |
| 2 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 reply | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Spend them fast before the codes disappear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spend | spend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Spend | obj |
| 3 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Spend | advmod |
| 4 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 7 disappear | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 codes | det |
| 6 | codes | code | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 disappear | nsubj |
| 7 | disappear | disappear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Spend | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | imperative | you not said here | them = they | fast property | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset | |||
| 2 | disappear | present | the codes | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Buy three of the same skin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Buy | obj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 skin | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 skin | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 skin | amod |
| 6 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 three | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | imperative | you not said here | three of the same skin | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent three=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Spread it out so the fun lasts longer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Spread | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Spread | compound:prt |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 lasts | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fun | det |
| 6 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lasts | nsubj |
| 7 | lasts | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Spread | advcl |
| 8 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 lasts | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread out | imperative | you not said here | it | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | last | present | the fun | long property | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Give them away to strangers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Give | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 strangers | case |
| 5 | strangers | stranger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give away | imperative | you not said here | them = they | to strangers; away property | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to stranger=Recipient |
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