Test 6 · Gift cards and birthday money: making it last
Zara: «ugh, a gift card for a game I don't even play». Best thing to do first?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I · What happens: not play, do · To what, where: game
This is test 6 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: Zara: «ugh, a gift card for a game I don't even play».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zara | Zara | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 card | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 card | punct |
| 4 | ugh | ugh | INTJ | _ | 8 card | discourse |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 ugh | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 card | det |
| 7 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 card | compound |
| 8 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Zara | appos |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 game | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 game | det |
| 11 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 card | nmod |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 play | nsubj |
| 13 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 play | aux |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 play | advmod |
| 15 | even | even | ADV | _ | 16 play | advmod |
| 16 | play | play | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 game | acl:relcl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 play | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Zara | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not play in a quote | present · do-support | I | a game not said here | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
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: Best thing to do first?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 thing | amod |
| 2 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 do | mark |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 thing | acl |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 do | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 thing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | to-infinitive | first property | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Say thank you to her uncle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 thank | compound |
| 2 | thank | thank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 thank | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 uncle | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 6 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 thank | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | infinitive | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | thank speech: thank | present | you | to her uncle | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
Option 2
Sell it to a stranger online
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sell | sell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Sell | obj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 stranger | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 stranger | det |
| 5 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Sell | obl |
| 6 | online | online | ADV | _ | 1 Sell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | imperative | you not said here | it | a stranger | online property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to stranger=Recipient |
Option 3
Tell her uncle it's useless to her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 3 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 useless | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 useless | cop |
| 6 | useless | useless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 useless | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | her uncle | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent uncle=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | her = she | useless property | tree rules |
Option 4
Throw it straight in the bin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Throw | obj |
| 3 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 1 Throw | advmod |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 bin | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bin | det |
| 6 | bin | bin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | it | the bin | straight property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bin=Destination |
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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