Test 1 · ★★★ · Regret, silly buys and peer pressure
Lily fumes "that's a total rip-off!" about 3 toys she doesn't want for £5. What's the lesson?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: that, she, lesson · What happens: be, not want · To what, where: total rip off, off 3 toys
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Regret, silly buys and peer pressure» 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: Lily fumes "that's a total rip-off!" about 3 toys she doesn't want for £5.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lily | Lily | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 fumes | compound |
| 2 | fumes | fume | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 toys | nsubj |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 off | punct |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 off | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 off | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 off | det |
| 7 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 off | amod |
| 8 | rip | rip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 off | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 off | punct |
| 10 | off | off | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 toys | compound |
| 11 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 off | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 off | punct |
| 13 | about | about | ADV | _ | 14 3 | advmod |
| 14 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 toys | nummod |
| 15 | toys | toy | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 16 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 want | nsubj |
| 17 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 want | aux |
| 18 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 want | advmod |
| 19 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 toys | acl:relcl |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 £ | case |
| 21 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 19 want | obl |
| 22 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 21 £ | nummod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 toys | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | that | a total rip off | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not want | present · do-support | she | off 3 toys not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot toy=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: What's the lesson?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lesson | det |
| 4 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the lesson | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Mystery bags are always worth it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mystery | mystery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bags | compound |
| 2 | bags | bag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 worth | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 worth | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 worth | advmod |
| 5 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 worth | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mystery bags | always, worth property | tree rules |
Option 2
Complain until the shop gives £10 back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Complain | complain | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 5 gives | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 shop | det |
| 4 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gives | nsubj |
| 5 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Complain | advcl |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 5 gives | obj |
| 7 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 £ | nummod |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 gives | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | complain speech: other | imperative | you not said here | vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | give back | present | the shop | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme |
Option 3
Next time buy two mystery bags
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 time | amod |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 buy | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 bags | nummod |
| 5 | mystery | mystery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bags | compound |
| 6 | bags | bag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 buy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | imperative | you not said here | two mystery bags | time | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
With mystery bags you pay for the surprise, so think first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 3 bags | case |
| 2 | mystery | mystery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bags | compound |
| 3 | bags | bag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pay | obl |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 pay | nsubj |
| 5 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 surprise | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 surprise | det |
| 8 | surprise | surprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pay | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 think | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 think | advmod |
| 11 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 pay | conj |
| 12 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 11 think | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | you | with mystery bags; for the surprise | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for surprise=Theme | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | infinitive | you not said here | first property | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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