Test 1 · Prices and change at the till
Mate at the till: "it's £2.60 and I gave a fiver, he's given me £3.40, result!" What's the honest move?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, honest move · What happens: give, be · To what, where: fiver, he, me
This is test 1 of lesson 11 «Prices and change at the till» 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: Mate at the till: "it's £2.60 and I gave a fiver, he's given me £3.40, result!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 £ | nsubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 till | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 till | det |
| 4 | till | till | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mate | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 £ | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 £ | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 £ | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 £ | cop |
| 9 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 19 given | obl |
| 10 | 2.60 | 2.60 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 £ | nummod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 gave | cc |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 gave | nsubj |
| 13 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 £ | conj |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 fiver | det |
| 15 | fiver | fiver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 gave | obj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 given | punct |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 given | nsubj:pass |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 given | aux |
| 19 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 20 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 given | iobj |
| 21 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 24 result | compound |
| 22 | 3.40 | 3.40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 21 £ | nummod |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 result | punct |
| 24 | result | result | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 given | obj |
| 25 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 19 given | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give in a quote | past | I | a fiver | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiver=Theme | ||||
| 2 | give in a quote | present · passive | he | me | 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's the honest move?
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 | 5 move | det |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 move | amod |
| 5 | move | move | 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 honest move | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Leave the shop as fast as you can
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 shop | det |
| 3 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obj |
| 4 | as | as | ADV | _ | 5 fast | advmod |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Leave | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 8 can | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 can | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 fast | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | the shop | fast property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shop=Theme |
Option 2
Ask him for even more change back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ask | obj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 change | case |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 5 more | advmod |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 change | amod |
| 6 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obl |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Ask | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | him = he | for more change | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Tell the lad it's £1 too much
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lad | det |
| 3 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 £ | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 £ | cop |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 1 Tell | obl |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 £ | nummod |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 9 much | advmod |
| 9 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 £ | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the lad | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent lad=Recipient |
Option 4
Keep it, it's his fault not yours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 fault | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 fault | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fault | cop |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 fault | nmod:poss |
| 7 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | parataxis |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 yours | advmod |
| 9 | yours | your | PRON | Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 fault | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | his fault | tree rules |
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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