Test 7 · ★★ · Resources and what countries trade
My uncle says London earns money without making stuff. How?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: uncle, London · What happens: say, earn, make · To what, where: money, stuff · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Resources and what countries trade» of the geography 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: My uncle says London earns money without making stuff.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 2 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 earns | nsubj |
| 5 | earns | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 earns | obj |
| 7 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 8 making | mark |
| 8 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 earns | advcl |
| 9 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 making | obj |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | My uncle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | earn | present | London | money | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | ||||
| 3 | make | gerund | London not said here | stuff | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stuff=Product |
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: How?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 How | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Other countries pay it for being old
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 countries | amod |
| 2 | countries | country | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pay | nsubj |
| 3 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 pay | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 old | case |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 old | cop |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | Other countries | it | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | old property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It sells services like banking and insurance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sells | nsubj |
| 2 | sells | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | services | service | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 sells | obj |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 banking | case |
| 5 | banking | banking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 services | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 insurance | cc |
| 7 | insurance | insurance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 banking | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | present | It | services | like banking and insurance | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Theme |
Option 3
It prints money and keeps it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 prints | nsubj |
| 2 | prints | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root | |
| 3 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 prints | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 keeps | cc |
| 5 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 prints | conj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 keeps | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | present | It | money | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | |||||
| 2 | keep | present | money | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
He is wrong, every pound comes from factories
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 | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 comes | punct |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 pound | det |
| 6 | pound | pound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 comes | nsubj |
| 7 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | conj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 factories | case |
| 9 | factories | factory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 comes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come | present | every pound | factories | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from factory=Initial_Location |
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