Test 9 · ★ · The older kid's «trade»
Teen on the bus in Singapore: «half price case, can or not?» What is he asking?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Singapore · What happens: ask
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Teen on the bus in Singapore: «half price case, can or not?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teen | teen | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 bus | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bus | det |
| 4 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Teen | nmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Singapore | case |
| 6 | Singapore | Singapore | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 bus | nmod |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 case | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 case | punct |
| 9 | half | half | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 11 case | amod |
| 10 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 case | compound |
| 11 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Teen | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 can | punct |
| 13 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 case | acl:relcl |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 not | cc |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 can | conj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Teen | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 Teen | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: What is he asking?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 asking | obj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 asking | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 asking | nsubj |
| 4 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 asking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present · progressive | Singapore | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Do you have a case already?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 have | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 have | nsubj |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 case | det |
| 5 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 have | obj |
| 6 | already | already | ADV | _ | 3 have | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · do-support | you | a case | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent case=Patient |
Option 2
Is the bus late?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 bus | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bus | det |
| 3 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | late | late | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 bus | advmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 bus | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the bus | late property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yes or no — will you buy it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 buy | discourse |
| 2 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 3 no | cc |
| 3 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 1 Yes | conj |
| 4 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 buy | aux |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 buy | nsubj |
| 7 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 buy | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 buy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | future | you | it | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
Can you carry it for me?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 carry | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 carry | nsubj |
| 3 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 carry | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 me | case |
| 6 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 carry | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 carry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | can | you | it | for me | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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