Test 8 · ★ · The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff
★★★ Jodie earns money and spends £2 on Hollie's hot chocolate every Saturday. She stopped after 9 Saturdays, then started again and did 3 more. She says, «I've spent £20 on you!» Is she right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, Jodie · What happens: ★, earn, spend, stop, start, do · To what, where: money, hot chocolate, 3 more · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 500 «The big sister: bossy, protective, borrowing your stuff» 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: ★★★ Jodie earns money and spends £2 on Hollie's hot chocolate every Saturday.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Jodie | Jodie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 earns | nsubj |
| 5 | earns | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 ★ | ccomp |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 earns | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 spends | cc |
| 8 | spends | spend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 ★ | conj |
| 9 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 8 spends | obj |
| 10 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 £ | nummod |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 chocolate | case |
| 12 | Hollie | Hollie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 chocolate | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Hollie | case |
| 14 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 chocolate | amod |
| 15 | chocolate | chocolate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 spends | obl |
| 16 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 Saturday | det |
| 17 | Saturday | Saturday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 spends | parataxis |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ★ | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | present | ★ | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | earn | present | Jodie | money | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | ||||
| 3 | spend | present | ★ not said here | on Hollie's hot chocolate goal | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent £=Asset on chocolate=Goal |
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: She stopped after 9 Saturdays, then started again and did 3 more.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stopped | nsubj |
| 2 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 Saturdays | case |
| 4 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 Saturdays | nummod |
| 5 | Saturdays | saturday | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 stopped | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 started | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 started | advmod |
| 8 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 stopped | parataxis |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 8 started | advmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 did | cc |
| 11 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 started | conj |
| 12 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 more | nummod |
| 13 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 did | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 stopped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | past | Jodie | after 9 Saturdays | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | start | past | then; again | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | do | past | 3 more | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Eventuality |
Sentence 3: She says, «I've spent £20 on you!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 spent | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 spent | punct |
| 5 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 spent | nsubj |
| 6 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 spent | aux |
| 7 | spent | spend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 7 spent | obj |
| 9 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 £ | nummod |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 you | case |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 spent | obl |
| 12 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 spent | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | present | Jodie | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | spend in a quote | present · perfect | Jodie | on you goal | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent £=Asset on you=Goal |
Sentence 4: Is she right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Jodie | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it's £24
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 24 | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 24 | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 24 | cop |
| 5 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 6 24 | compound |
| 6 | 24 | 24 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | £ 24 | tree rules |
Option 2
No, it's £18
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 18 | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 18 | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 18 | cop |
| 5 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 6 18 | compound |
| 6 | 18 | 18 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | £ 18 | tree rules |
Option 3
No, it's £12
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 12 | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 12 | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 12 | cop |
| 5 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 6 12 | compound |
| 6 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | £ 12 | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, exactly £20
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 £ | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 4 £ | advmod |
| 4 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 5 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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