Test 7 · ★ · Comfortable families: enough, but not everything

What would most likely happen if Torquil's mum bought a new scooter every time he lost one?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, Torquil · What happens: happen, buy, lose · To what, where: new scooter, one

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 490 «Comfortable families: enough, but not everything» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 happen	aux
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 likely	advmod
4	likely	likely	ADV	_	5 happen	advmod
5	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 bought	mark
7	Torquil	Torquil	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 mum	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 Torquil	case
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bought	nsubj
10	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 happen	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 scooter	det
12	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 scooter	amod
13	scooter	scooter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bought	obj
14	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 time	det
15	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bought	obl:unmarked
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 lost	nsubj
17	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 time	acl:relcl
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 lost	obj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would				likely property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	buy a condition, not said to happen	past	Torquil's mum	a new scooter	time		vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scooter=Theme
3	lose	past	Torquil	one			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Eventuality

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He wouldn't learn to look after his stuff

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 learn	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 learn	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 learn	advmod
4	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 look	mark
6	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 learn	xcomp
7	after	after	ADP	_	9 stuff	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 stuff	nmod:poss
9	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not learn	would	He						vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	look	to-infinitive	He not said here				after his stuff		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

He would never lose a scooter again

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 lose	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 lose	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 lose	advmod
4	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 scooter	det
6	scooter	scooter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lose	obj
7	again	again	ADV	_	4 lose	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not lose	would	He	a scooter			again		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scooter=Eventuality

Option 3

His mum would save loads of money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 save	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 save	aux
4	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 save	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 money	case
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loads	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	would	His mum	loads of money					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme

Option 4

The park would give the scooters back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 park	det
2	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 give	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 give	aux
4	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 scooters	det
6	scooters	scooter	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 give	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	4 give	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give back	would	the park	the scooters					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent scooter=Theme

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