Test 11 · ★★★ · Regret, silly buys and peer pressure
A London kid says "the bracelets are peng, I want one bare bad." ("Peng" means really nice; "bare" means very.) What does she want?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: London kid, bracelets, Peng, bare · What happens: say, be, want, mean · To what, where: peng, one · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★★★ 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: A London kid says "the bracelets are peng, I want one bare bad."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 kid | det |
| 2 | London | London | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 kid | compound |
| 3 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 peng | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bracelets | det |
| 7 | bracelets | bracelet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 peng | nsubj |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 peng | cop |
| 9 | peng | peng | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 want | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 want | nsubj |
| 12 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | parataxis |
| 13 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 want | obj |
| 14 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 bad | amod |
| 15 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 one | amod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 want | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a London kid | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | the bracelets | peng | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | want in a quote | present | a London kid = kid | one | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot one=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: ("Peng" means really nice; "bare" means very.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Peng | punct |
| 3 | Peng | Peng | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Peng | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 nice | advmod |
| 7 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | xcomp |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 means | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 bare | punct |
| 10 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 means | nsubj |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 bare | punct |
| 12 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 means | conj |
| 13 | very | very | ADV | _ | 12 means | advmod |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 15 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Peng | nice property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | bare | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: What does she want?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 want | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 want | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 want | nsubj |
| 4 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present · do-support | peng | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A bracelet, a lot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bracelet | det |
| 2 | bracelet | bracelet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 lot | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 lot | det |
| 5 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bracelet | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Nothing, she hates them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 hates | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hates | nsubj |
| 4 | hates | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hates | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | present | Nothing | them = they | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
Option 3
Exactly two bracelets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 2 two | advmod |
| 2 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 bracelets | nummod |
| 3 | bracelets | bracelet | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A full refund from the shop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 refund | det |
| 2 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 refund | amod |
| 3 | refund | refund | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 shop | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shop | det |
| 6 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 refund | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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