Test 11 · ★ · Money is tight: free school meals and second-hand uniform
Nuala says «cinema Saturday?» and Ciaran's skint. Which reply is honest and keeps the friendship?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Nuala, Ciaran, reply · What happens: say, be, keep · To what, where: cinema, friendship · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 487 «Money is tight: free school meals and second-hand uniform» 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: Nuala says «cinema Saturday?» and Ciaran's skint.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nuala | Nuala | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 cinema | punct |
| 4 | cinema | cinema | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | obj |
| 5 | Saturday | Saturday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 cinema | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 cinema | punct |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 cinema | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 skint | cc |
| 9 | Ciaran | Ciaran | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 skint | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 skint | cop |
| 11 | skint | skint | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 says | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Nuala | cinema | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent cinema=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Ciaran | skint property | 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: Which reply is honest and keeps the friendship?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 reply | det |
| 2 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 honest | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 honest | cop |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 keeps | cc |
| 6 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 honest | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 friendship | det |
| 8 | friendship | friendship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 keeps | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 honest | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which reply | honest property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | keep | present | which reply not said here | the friendship | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friendship=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
«Can't this week. Kickabout in the park?»
Sentence 1: «Can't this week.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 week | punct |
| 2 | Ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 week | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 week | advmod |
| 4 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 week | det |
| 5 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 week | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Kickabout in the park?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kickabout | Kickabout | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 park | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 park | det |
| 4 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kickabout | nmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kickabout | punct |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 1 Kickabout | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
«Ask me again when I'm rich, OK?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ask | punct |
| 2 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 Ask | iobj |
| 4 | again | again | ADV | _ | 2 Ask | advmod |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 rich | advmod |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 rich | nsubj |
| 7 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 rich | cop |
| 8 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Ask | advcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 OK | punct |
| 10 | OK | ok | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 rich | conj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ask | punct |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask in a quote | imperative | you not said here | me | again | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | I | rich property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be in a quote | I not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
«Busy. Every single Saturday, for ever, sorry.»
Sentence 1: «Busy.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Busy | punct |
| 2 | Busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Busy | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Every single Saturday, for ever, sorry.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 Saturday | det |
| 2 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Saturday | amod |
| 3 | Saturday | Saturday | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 ever | punct |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 ever | case |
| 6 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 Saturday | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sorry | punct |
| 8 | sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 3 Saturday | discourse |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 sorry | punct |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 sorry | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
«No, I don't even like you, Nuala.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 you | punct |
| 2 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 9 you | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 you | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 you | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 you | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 you | advmod |
| 7 | even | even | ADV | _ | 9 you | advmod |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 you | case |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 Nuala | punct |
| 11 | Nuala | Nuala | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 you | appos |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 Nuala | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 you | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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