Test 6 · What money is and why people accept it
Ice cream's $2, she's got one $1 coin, then — no wait — two $1 coins. Can she pay?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: get, pay · To what, where: one $ coin
This is test 6 of lesson 1 «What money is and why people accept it» of the money 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: Ice cream's $2, she's got one $1 coin, then — no wait — two $1 coins.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cream | compound |
| 2 | cream | cream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 $ | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 cream | case |
| 4 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 $ | nummod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 got | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 got | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 got | aux |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 $ | conj |
| 10 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 coin | nummod |
| 11 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | 13 coin | compound |
| 12 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 $ | nummod |
| 13 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 got | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 wait | punct |
| 15 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 wait | advmod |
| 16 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 18 wait | punct |
| 17 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 18 wait | det |
| 18 | wait | wait | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 $ | appos |
| 19 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 coins | punct |
| 20 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 23 coins | nummod |
| 21 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | 23 coins | compound |
| 22 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 21 $ | nummod |
| 23 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 wait | parataxis |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 $ | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · passive | she | one $ coin | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coin=Stimulus |
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: Can she pay?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 pay | aux |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 pay | nsubj |
| 3 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 pay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | can | she | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, she is still $1 short
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 $ | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 $ | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 $ | cop |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 $ | advmod |
| 6 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 $ | nummod |
| 8 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 $ | xcomp |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, $1 + $1 is exactly $2
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 $ | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 4 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 $ | nummod |
| 5 | + | + | SYM | _ | 6 $ | cc |
| 6 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | 3 $ | conj |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 $ | nummod |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 $ | cop |
| 9 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 10 $ | advmod |
| 10 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | 3 $ | conj |
| 11 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 $ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Yes, and she gets $1 change
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 gets | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 gets | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 gets | cc |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gets | nsubj |
| 5 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | 8 change | compound |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 $ | nummod |
| 8 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | she | $ change | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer change=Stimulus |
Option 4
No, ice-cream vans only take notes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 vans | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cream | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 ice | punct |
| 5 | cream | cream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 vans | compound |
| 6 | vans | van | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 take | nsubj |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 take | advmod |
| 8 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | notes | note | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present | cream vans | notes | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent note=Theme |
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