Test 7 · ★ · Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult

«Mum says money's tight, so we're gonna be homeless, aren't we??» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, we, best answer · What happens: say, be, not be · To what, where: money, we · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 51 «Just a scratch and I'm fine: when to worry and tell an adult» of the language 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: «Mum says money's tight, so we're gonna be homeless, aren't we??»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
2	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	obj
5	's	's	PART	_	4 money	case
6	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 homeless	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	13 homeless	advmod
9	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 homeless	nsubj
10	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 homeless	cop
11	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	13 homeless	dep
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 homeless	cop
13	homeless	homeless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 homeless	punct
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 we	cop
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 we	advmod
17	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 homeless	obl
18	??	??	PUNCT	_	13 homeless	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	Mum	money	tight property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent money=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	we		homeless property	tree rules
3	not is a in a quote	present		we		tree rules

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: What is the best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 answer	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 answer	amod
5	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1

You must find a job and pay the bills yourself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 find	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 find	aux
3	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 job	det
5	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 find	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 pay	cc
7	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 find	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bills	det
9	bills	bill	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pay	obj
10	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 pay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	must	You	a job					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Topic
2	pay	infinitive	You not said here	the bills				yourself obl	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Asset

Option 2

No, it means nothing, so ask for that new game

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 means	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 means	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ask	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 ask	advmod
8	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 means	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 game	case
10	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 game	det
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 game	amod
12	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	it	nothing					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive						for that new game	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It's a real worry for grown-ups but not a reason to panic; you can ask Mum about it

The tree, 20 words

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 worry	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 worry	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 worry	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 worry	amod
5	worry	worry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 ups	case
7	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 ups	amod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 grown	punct
9	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 worry	nmod
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 reason	cc
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 reason	advmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 reason	det
13	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 worry	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 panic	mark
15	panic	panic	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 reason	acl
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 ask	punct
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	19 ask	nsubj
18	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 ask	aux
19	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 worry	parataxis
20	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 ask	obj
21	about	about	ADP	_	22 it	case
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a real worry but a reason		for grown ups	tree rules
2	grow	participle					vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	panic	to-infinitive					vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	ask speech: ask	can	you		Mum	about reason	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient about it=Topic

Option 4

Yes, «tight» always means you will lose your house tomorrow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 tight	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 tight	punct
4	tight	tight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 means	advcl
5	»	»	PUNCT	_	4 tight	punct
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 means	advmod
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 lose	nsubj
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 lose	aux
10	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 means	xcomp
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 house	nmod:poss
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lose	obj
13	tomorrow	tomorrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lose	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present						always property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lose not said to happen	future	you	your house			tomorrow		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Eventuality

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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