Test 5 · Gift cards and birthday money: making it last
Theo, holding grandma's £20: «it's MINE, all of it on games». Wise plan?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Theo, it · What happens: hold, be · To what, where: grandma, MINE
This is test 5 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: Theo, holding grandma's £20: «it's MINE, all of it on games».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theo | Theo | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Theo | punct |
| 3 | holding | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Theo | acl |
| 4 | grandma | grandma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 holding | obj |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 grandma | case |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 3 holding | obj |
| 7 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 £ | nummod |
| 8 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 MINE | punct |
| 9 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 12 MINE | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 MINE | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 MINE | cop |
| 12 | MINE | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 1 Theo | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 games | punct |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 games | nsubj |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 it | case |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 all | nmod |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 games | case |
| 18 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Theo | appos |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 games | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Theo | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | gerund | Theo not said here | grandma | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent grandma=Theme £=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | it | MINE | 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: Wise plan?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 plan | amod |
| 2 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 plan | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Hide it so mum can't ask about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Hide | obj |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 ask | advmod |
| 4 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ask | nsubj |
| 5 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 ask | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 ask | advmod |
| 7 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Hide | parataxis |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ask | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | imperative | you not said here | it | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not ask speech: ask | can | mum | about it | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
Option 2
Spend it all in one go, tonight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spend | spend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Spend | obj |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 it | det |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 go | case |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 go | nummod |
| 6 | go | go | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Spend | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 tonight | punct |
| 8 | tonight | tonight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 go | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | imperative | you not said here | it | one go and tonight | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |
Option 3
Give it all to a friend to look after
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 it | det |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 friend | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 friend | det |
| 6 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 look | mark |
| 8 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Give | advcl |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 look | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | it | a friend | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to friend=Recipient | |||
| 2 | look after | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Save some and spend some
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Save | save | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 1 Save | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 spend | cc |
| 4 | spend | spend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Save | conj |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 spend | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | imperative | you not said here | some | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme | ||||
| 2 | spend | infinitive | you not said here | some | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Asset |
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