Test 5 · ★ · The older kid's «trade» «Mate, you owe me twenty bucks for that lesson.» No price was ever said. What's true?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: owe, say, be · To what, where: twenty bucks, me, price · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 445 «The older kid's «trade»» 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: «Mate, you owe me twenty bucks for that lesson.»
punct vocative punct nsubj iobj nummod obj case det obl punct punct root « PUNCT Mate NOUN , PUNCT you PRON owe VERB me PRON twenty NUM bucks NOUN for ADP that DET lesson NOUN . PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 « « PUNCT _ 5 owe punct 2 Mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 5 owe vocative 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 Mate punct 4 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 owe nsubj 5 owe owe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 5 owe iobj 7 twenty twenty NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 8 bucks nummod 8 bucks buck NOUN Number=Plur 5 owe obj 9 for for ADP _ 11 lesson case 10 that that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 11 lesson det 11 lesson lesson NOUN Number=Sing 5 owe obl 12 . . PUNCT _ 5 owe punct 13 » » PUNCT _ 5 owe punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 owe in a quote present you twenty bucks me for that lesson; Mate vocative vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent i=Goal buck=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: No price was ever said.
det nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod punct root No DET price NOUN was AUX ever ADV said VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no DET PronType=Neg 2 price det 2 price price NOUN Number=Sing 5 said nsubj:pass 3 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 said aux:pass 4 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 5 said advmod 5 said say VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 said punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert past · passive no price ever vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: subject=Topic
Sentence 3: What's true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
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1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 You owe half of it
nsubj obj case nmod root You PRON owe VERB half NOUN of ADP it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 owe nsubj 2 owe owe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 half half NOUN Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac 2 owe obj 4 of of ADP _ 5 it case 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 half nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 owe present You half of half vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent half=Theme
Option 2 You must pay by Friday
nsubj aux case obl root You PRON must AUX pay VERB by ADP Friday PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 3 pay nsubj 2 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 pay aux 3 pay pay VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 by by ADP _ 5 Friday case 5 Friday Friday PROPN Number=Sing 3 pay obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pay must You friday vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer You don't owe it — tell a grown-up
nsubj aux advmod obj punct conj det compound punct obj root You PRON do AUX n't PART owe VERB it PRON — PUNCT tell VERB a DET grown NOUN - PUNCT up NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 owe nsubj 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 owe aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 owe advmod 4 owe owe VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 owe obj 6 — - PUNCT _ 7 tell punct 7 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 owe conj 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 up det 9 grown grown NOUN Number=Sing 11 up compound 10 - - PUNCT _ 11 up punct 11 up up NOUN Number=Sing 7 tell obj
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1 not owe present · do-support You it vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme 2 tell speech: assert infinitive You not said here a grown up vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient
Option 4 You owe it because he's older and he says so
nsubj obj mark nsubj cop advcl cc nsubj conj advmod root You PRON owe VERB it PRON because SCONJ he PRON 's AUX older ADJ and CCONJ he PRON says VERB so ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 You you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 2 owe nsubj 2 owe owe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 owe obj 4 because because SCONJ _ 7 older mark 5 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 older nsubj 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 older cop 7 older old ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 owe advcl 8 and and CCONJ _ 10 says cc 9 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 says nsubj 10 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 owe conj 11 so so ADV _ 10 says advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 owe present You it vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme 2 is present he old property tree rules 3 say speech: assert present he vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
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