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Test 10 · ★★★ · Regret, silly buys and peer pressure

Molly cries "I don't even like it." The toy was £12 and the shop won't take it back. What's a good rule for next time?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Molly, shop · What happens: cry, not like, not take back, be · To what, where: it, toy, good rule · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★★ 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: Molly cries "I don't even like it."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Molly	Molly	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cries	nsubj
2	cries	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 like	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	8 like	nsubj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 like	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 like	advmod
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 like	advmod
8	like	like	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 cries	ccomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 like	obj
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 like	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 like	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	present	Molly						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not like in a quote	present · do-support	Molly	it					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=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: The toy was £12 and the shop won't take it back.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 toy	det
2	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 £	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 £	cop
4	£	£	SYM	_	root	root
5	12	12	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 £	nummod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 take	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shop	det
8	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 take	nsubj
9	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 take	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 take	advmod
11	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 £	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 take	obj
13	back	back	ADV	_	11 take	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 £	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not take back	future	the shop	toy					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Sentence 3: What's a good rule for next time?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 rule	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rule	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 rule	det
4	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rule	amod
5	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 time	case
7	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rule	nmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 rule	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a good rule			time		tree rules

The options

Option 1

Always buy the most expensive toy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	2 buy	advmod
2	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 toy	det
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 expensive	advmod
5	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 toy	amod
6	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 buy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	imperative	you not said here	the expensive toy				always property	vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme

Option 2

Buy two so one can go back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	1 Buy	obj
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 go	advmod
4	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 go	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 go	aux
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Buy	parataxis
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	imperative	you not said here	two					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Theme
2	go back	can	one						vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient

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

Wait a day before buying, and check the return rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 day	det
3	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl:unmarked
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	5 buying	mark
5	buying	buy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Wait	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 check	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 check	cc
8	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 rules	det
10	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 rules	compound
11	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 check	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				day		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	buy	gerund	you not said here						vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	check	infinitive	you not said here	the return rules					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme

Option 4

Never buy anything ever again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 buy	advmod
2	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 buy	obj
4	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	2 buy	advmod
5	again	again	ADV	_	2 buy	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not buy	imperative	you not said here	anything			ever; again		vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme

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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