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Test 5 · ★ · Money is tight: free school meals and second-hand uniform

Bogdan: «didn't give mum the letter, the trip's £35, she'd only stress». What did he get wrong?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bogdan, he · What happens: not give, stress, get · To what, where: mum, letter

This is test 5 · ★ 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: Bogdan: «didn't give mum the letter, the trip's £35, she'd only stress».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bogdan	Bogdan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 give	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 give	punct
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 give	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 give	advmod
6	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 letter	det
9	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	iobj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 £	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 trip	det
12	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 £	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 trip	case
14	£	£	SYM	_	6 give	obl
15	35	35	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 £	nummod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 stress	punct
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 stress	nsubj
18	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 stress	aux
19	only	only	ADV	_	20 stress	advmod
20	stress	stress	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 give	parataxis
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 stress	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not give in a quote	past · do-support	Bogdan	mum	the letter				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent letter=Recipient mum=Theme
2	stress in a quote	would	Bogdan						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 did he get wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 get	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 get	nsubj
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 get	xcomp
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	he					wrong property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, hiding letters is always the kind thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 thing	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 hiding	punct
3	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Nothing	conj
4	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hiding	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 thing	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 thing	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 thing	det
8	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 thing	amod
9	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	gerund	Nothing not said here	letters					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Patient
2	is a	present	Nothing	the kind thing				always property	tree rules

Option 2

He should have forged Mum's signature on the slip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 forged	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 forged	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 forged	aux
4	forged	forge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 signature	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Mum	case
7	signature	signature	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forged	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 slip	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 slip	det
10	slip	slip	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 forged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forge	should · perfect	He	Mum's signature		the slip			vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent signature=Theme on slip=Destination
2	sign		Mum						nom signature «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He chose for Mum, and the school might have helped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chose	nsubj
2	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 Mum	case
4	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chose	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 helped	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 helped	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 school	det
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 helped	nsubj:pass
9	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 helped	aux
10	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 helped	aux
11	helped	help	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 chose	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	past	He					for Mum	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for mum=Beneficiary
2	help	might · perfect · passive		the school					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

Option 4

He should have paid the £35 out of his own savings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 paid	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 paid	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 paid	aux
4	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 £	det
6	£	£	SYM	_	4 paid	obj
7	35	35	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 £	nummod
8	out	out	ADP	_	12 savings	case
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 savings	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 savings	nmod:poss
11	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 savings	amod
12	savings	savings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	should · perfect · passive		He		his own savings			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient £=Asset
2	save		his = he						nom savings «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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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