Test 8 · ★ · Why some places grew rich Ola from Norway: "We've got oil, but we save the dosh." ("Dosh" means money.) What would happen if a country spent all its oil money at once?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: We, Dosh, country · What happens: get, save, mean, happen, spend · To what, where: oil, dosh, money, oil money
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 72 «Why some places grew rich» of the history 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: Ola from Norway: "We've got oil, but we save the dosh."
case nmod punct punct nsubj aux appos obj punct cc nsubj parataxis det obj punct punct root Ola NOUN from ADP Norway PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT We PRON 've AUX got VERB oil NOUN , PUNCT but CCONJ we PRON save VERB the DET dosh NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ola ola NOUN Number=Sing root root 2 from from ADP _ 3 Norway case 3 Norway Norway PROPN Number=Sing 1 Ola nmod 4 : : PUNCT _ 8 got punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 8 got punct 6 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 got nsubj 7 've have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 got aux 8 got get VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 1 Ola appos 9 oil oil NOUN Number=Sing 8 got obj 10 , , PUNCT _ 13 save punct 11 but but CCONJ _ 13 save cc 12 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 13 save nsubj 13 save save VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 got parataxis 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 dosh det 15 dosh dosh NOUN Number=Sing 13 save obj 16 . . PUNCT _ 13 save punct 17 " " PUNCT _ 13 save punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get in a quote present · perfect We oil vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer oil=Stimulus 2 save in a quote present we the dosh vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dosh=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: ("Dosh" means money.)
punct punct nsubj punct obj punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Dosh PROPN " PUNCT means VERB money NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Dosh punct 3 Dosh Dosh PROPN Number=Sing 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Dosh punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 money money NOUN Number=Sing 5 means obj 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Dosh money vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Topic
Sentence 3: What would happen if a country spent all its oil money at once?
nsubj aux mark det nsubj advcl det:predet nmod:poss compound obj case obl punct root What PRON would AUX happen VERB if SCONJ a DET country NOUN spent VERB all DET its PRON oil NOUN money NOUN at ADP once ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 happen nsubj 2 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 happen aux 3 happen happen VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 if if SCONJ _ 7 spent mark 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 country det 6 country country NOUN Number=Sing 7 spent nsubj 7 spent spend VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 happen advcl 8 all all DET PronType=Tot 11 money det:predet 9 its its PRON Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 money nmod:poss 10 oil oil NOUN Number=Sing 11 money compound 11 money money NOUN Number=Sing 7 spent obj 12 at at ADP _ 13 once case 13 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 7 spent obl 14 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 happen punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 happen would vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 spend a condition, not said to happen participle a country country's oil money vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice It would stay rich for ever, automatically, whatever it did
nsubj aux xcomp case obl punct advmod punct conj nsubj acl:relcl root It PRON would AUX stay VERB rich ADJ for ADP ever ADV , PUNCT automatically ADV , PUNCT whatever PRON it PRON did VERB 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 3 stay nsubj 2 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 stay aux 3 stay stay VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 rich rich ADJ Degree=Pos 3 stay xcomp 5 for for ADP _ 6 ever case 6 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 3 stay obl 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 automatically punct 8 automatically automatically ADV _ 3 stay advmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 whatever punct 10 whatever whatever PRON PronType=Rel 3 stay conj 11 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 did nsubj 12 did do VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 whatever acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stay would It automatically, rich property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 do past it vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 2 The oil under the sea would just refill itself
det nsubj case det nmod aux advmod obj root The DET oil NOUN under ADP the DET sea NOUN would AUX just ADV refill VERB itself PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 oil det 2 oil oil NOUN Number=Sing 8 refill nsubj 3 under under ADP _ 5 sea case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 sea det 5 sea sea NOUN Number=Sing 2 oil nmod 6 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 refill aux 7 just just ADV _ 8 refill advmod 8 refill refill VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 9 itself itself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 8 refill obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 refill would the oil under the sea oil tree rules
Option 3 It would have to stop selling oil abroad
nsubj aux mark xcomp amod obj advmod root It PRON would AUX have VERB to PART stop VERB selling VERB oil NOUN abroad ADV 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 3 have nsubj 2 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 have aux 3 have have VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 to to PART _ 5 stop mark 5 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 have xcomp 6 selling sell VERB VerbForm=Ger 7 oil amod 7 oil oil NOUN Number=Sing 5 stop obj 8 abroad abroad ADV _ 5 stop advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have would It tree rules 2 stop to-infinitive selling oil abroad property vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality oil=Eventuality 3 sell gerund vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer It could have little left when the oil runs out
nsubj:pass aux aux advmod advcl advmod det nsubj compound:prt root It PRON could AUX have AUX little ADV left VERB when ADV the DET oil NOUN runs VERB out ADP 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 5 left nsubj:pass 2 could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 left aux 3 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 left aux 4 little little ADV Degree=Pos 5 left advmod 5 left leave VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 runs advcl 6 when when ADV PronType=Int 9 runs advmod 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 oil det 8 oil oil NOUN Number=Sing 9 runs nsubj 9 runs run VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 10 out out ADP _ 9 runs compound:prt
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 leave could · perfect · passive It little property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme 2 run out present the oil vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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