Test 2 · Gift cards and birthday money: making it last
Mia: «game's £40 now, might be £20 in the sale». What could waiting get her?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mia · What happens: be, wait, get · To what, where: sale, Mia
This is test 2 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: Mia: «game's £40 now, might be £20 in the sale».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 sale | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 game | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 game | punct |
| 4 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mia | appos |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 game | case |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 4 game | appos |
| 7 | 40 | 40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 £ | nummod |
| 8 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 £ | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mia | punct |
| 10 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 sale | aux |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 16 sale | cop |
| 12 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 16 sale | nsubj |
| 13 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 £ | nummod |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 sale | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 sale | det |
| 16 | sale | sale | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 sale | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 sale | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | might | Mia | the sale | 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: What could waiting get her?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 waiting | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 waiting | aux |
| 3 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 waiting | xcomp |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 get | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 waiting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | could | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | Mia | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1
A newer version of the game that is worse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 version | det |
| 2 | newer | new | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 version | amod |
| 3 | version | version | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 worse | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 game | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 game | det |
| 6 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 version | nmod |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 worse | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 worse | cop |
| 9 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a newer version of the game | bad property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The same game for half the price
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 2 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 game | amod |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 price | case |
| 5 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 7 price | det:predet |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 price | det |
| 7 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 game | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Nothing, prices never drop in sales
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 prices | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | prices | price | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 drop | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 drop | advmod |
| 5 | drop | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 sales | case |
| 7 | sales | sale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 drop | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not drop | present | Nothing prices | sales | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme in sale=Trajectory |
Option 4
A fine from the shop for waiting too long
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 fine | det |
| 2 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 shop | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 shop | det |
| 5 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fine | obl |
| 6 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 7 waiting | mark |
| 7 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 fine | advcl |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 9 long | advmod |
| 9 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 waiting | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | gerund | long property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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