Test 1 · ★★ · The electric meter, the food bank and «we can't afford it»
«only lazy ppl go to food banks innit». Right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lazy ppl · What happens: go · To what, where: banks innit
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 488 «The electric meter, the food bank and «we can't afford it»» 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: «only lazy ppl go to food banks innit».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 ppl | advmod |
| 3 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ppl | amod |
| 4 | ppl | people | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Plur | 5 go | nsubj |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 innit | case |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 banks | compound |
| 8 | banks | bank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 innit | compound |
| 9 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | obl |
| 10 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | present | lazy ppl | banks innit | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to innit=Initial_Location |
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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
No, lots of families use them, even working ones
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 use | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 use | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 families | case |
| 5 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lots | nmod |
| 6 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 use | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 working | punct |
| 9 | even | even | ADV | _ | 10 working | advmod |
| 10 | working | work | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 use | advcl |
| 11 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 working | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | lots of families | families = family | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient | ||||
| 2 | work | gerund | lots of families not said here | ones | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent one=Material |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, if they worked they'd never be hungry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 worked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 worked | mark |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 worked | nsubj |
| 5 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 hungry | nsubj |
| 7 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 hungry | aux |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 hungry | advmod |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 hungry | cop |
| 10 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 worked | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | past | they | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is | would | they | hungry property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, food banks only let in lazy people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 banks | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 banks | compound |
| 4 | banks | bank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 let | nsubj |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 let | advmod |
| 6 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 let | compound:prt |
| 8 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 people | amod |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 let | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let in | present | food banks | lazy people | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |
Option 4
No, food banks are only for the very rich
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 10 rich | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 banks | compound |
| 4 | banks | bank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 rich | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 rich | cop |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 rich | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 10 rich | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 rich | det |
| 9 | very | very | ADV | _ | 10 rich | advmod |
| 10 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | food banks | rich property | tree rules |
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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