Test 8 · ★ · Money is tight: free school meals and second-hand uniform
Hamish's dad caught loads in June and almost nothing in July. What would a wise family do in June?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, wise family · What happens: catch, do · To what, where: loads
This is test 8 · ★ 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: Hamish's dad caught loads in June and almost nothing in July.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hamish | Hamish | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Hamish | case |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 caught | nsubj |
| 4 | caught | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 caught | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 June | case |
| 7 | June | June | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 loads | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 nothing | cc |
| 9 | almost | almost | ADV | _ | 10 nothing | advmod |
| 10 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 June | conj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 July | case |
| 12 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 nothing | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 caught | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | past | Hamish's dad | loads | in June | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=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: What would a wise family do in June?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 family | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 family | amod |
| 5 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 June | case |
| 8 | June | June | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 do | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | would | a wise family | june | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Save some for the bad months
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Save | save | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 1 Save | obj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 months | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 months | det |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 months | amod |
| 6 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Save | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | imperative | you not said here | some | month | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Stop fishing in July
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | fishing | fishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stop | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 July | case |
| 4 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Stop | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | fishing | july | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality fishing=Eventuality |
Option 3
Buy a second fishing boat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 boat | det |
| 3 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 boat | amod |
| 4 | fishing | fishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 boat | compound |
| 5 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Buy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | imperative | you not said here | a second fishing boat | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme |
Option 4
Spend it all on takeaways and treats
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spend | spend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Spend | obj |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 it | det |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 takeaways | case |
| 5 | takeaways | takeaway | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Spend | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 treats | cc |
| 7 | treats | treat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 takeaways | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | imperative | you not said here | it | on takeaways and treats goal | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Asset on takeaway=Goal |
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