Test 9 · Gift cards and birthday money: making it last
a stranger online: «read me ur gift card number, I'll double it». What is this?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, this · What happens: read, double, be · To what, where: card number, me, number
This is test 9 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: a stranger online: «read me ur gift card number, I'll double it».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 stranger | det |
| 2 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | online | online | ADV | _ | 2 stranger | advmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 read | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 read | punct |
| 6 | read | read | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 stranger | parataxis |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 read | obj |
| 8 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 number | nmod:poss |
| 9 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 card | compound |
| 10 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 number | compound |
| 11 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 read | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 double | punct |
| 13 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 double | nsubj |
| 14 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 double | aux |
| 15 | double | double | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 read | conj |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 double | obj |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 15 double | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 stranger | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read in a quote | infinitive | ur's card number | me | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient number=Topic | ||||
| 2 | double in a quote | future | I | number | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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 is this?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A kind offer from a rich player who likes him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 offer | det |
| 2 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 offer | amod |
| 3 | offer | offer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 player | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 player | det |
| 6 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 player | amod |
| 7 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 offer | nmod |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 likes | nsubj |
| 9 | likes | like | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 player | acl:relcl |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 likes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | like | present | a rich player | him = he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme |
Option 2
A game feature for lucky players
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 feature | det |
| 2 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 feature | compound |
| 3 | feature | feature | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 players | case |
| 5 | lucky | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 players | amod |
| 6 | players | player | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 feature | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A way to check the card works
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 way | det |
| 2 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 works | nsubj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 check | mark |
| 4 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 way | acl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 card | det |
| 6 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 check | obj |
| 7 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | to-infinitive | a way not said here | the card | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme | ||||
| 2 | work | present | a way | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A scam to steal the money on the card
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 scam | det |
| 2 | scam | scam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 steal | nsubj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 steal | mark |
| 4 | steal | steal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 money | det |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 steal | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 card | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 card | det |
| 9 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 steal | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | to-infinitive | a scam | the money | the card | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location money=Theme |
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