Test 9 · Prices and change at the till
A Kiwi kid says "sweet as, the dairy's got Jaffas for 40c, I'll get 3." ("Sweet as" means great; a "dairy" is a corner shop in NZ.) What do 3 cost?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kiwi kid, dairy · What happens: say, get, mean, be, do · To what, where: Jaffas, 3, corner shop, NZ, 3 cost · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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: A Kiwi kid says "sweet as, the dairy's got Jaffas for 40c, I'll get 3."
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 | Kiwi | Kiwi | 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 | _ | 6 sweet | punct |
| 6 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | ccomp |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 sweet | fixed |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 got | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 dairy | det |
| 10 | dairy | dairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 got | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 got | aux |
| 12 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 says | conj |
| 13 | Jaffas | Jaffas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 got | obj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 40c | case |
| 15 | 40c | 40c | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord | 12 got | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 get | punct |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 get | nsubj |
| 18 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 get | aux |
| 19 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 20 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 19 get | obj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 19 get | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a Kiwi kid | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | present · passive | the dairy | Jaffas | for 40c | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent jaffas=Theme for 40c=Source | |||
| 3 | get in a quote | future | a Kiwi kid = kid | 3 | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 3=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: ("Sweet as" means great; a "dairy" is a corner shop in NZ.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sweet | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sweet | punct |
| 3 | Sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 means | mark |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 as | punct |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 Sweet | advcl |
| 7 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 means | xcomp |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 16 shop | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 dairy | det |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 dairy | punct |
| 11 | dairy | dairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 shop | nsubj |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 dairy | punct |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 shop | cop |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 shop | det |
| 15 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 shop | compound |
| 16 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Sweet | conj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 NZ | case |
| 18 | NZ | NZ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 shop | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sweet | punct |
| 20 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sweet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | great property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | a dairy | a corner shop | NZ | tree rules |
Sentence 3: What do 3 cost?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | acl:relcl |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 cost | nummod |
| 4 | cost | cost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 do | obj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | 3 cost | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cost=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
$1.40
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 1.40 | 1.40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 $ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
$1.00
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 1.00 | 1.00 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Frac | 1 $ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
$0.12
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 0.12 | 0.12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 $ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
$1.20
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | $ | $ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 1.20 | 1.20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 $ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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