Test 2 · ★★ · Unit prices and sales that are not really sales
Dean goes "mate, that's not a sale" about £60 trainers under a SALE sign. Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dean, that · What happens: go, not be, be · To what, where: SALE sign, sale
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Unit prices and sales that are not really sales» 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: Dean goes "mate, that's not a sale" about £60 trainers under a SALE sign.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dean | Dean | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 mate | punct |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | vocative |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 sale | punct |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 sale | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 sale | cop |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 sale | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 sale | det |
| 10 | sale | sale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | obl |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 £ | punct |
| 12 | about | about | ADV | _ | 13 £ | advmod |
| 13 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 10 sale | appos |
| 14 | 60 | 60 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 trainers | nummod |
| 15 | trainers | trainer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 £ | nmod |
| 16 | under | under | ADP | _ | 19 sign | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 sign | det |
| 18 | SALE | sale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 sign | compound |
| 19 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Dean | a SALE sign | mate vocative | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under sign=Location | |||
| 2 | not is a in a quote | present | that | a sale | 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: Is he right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Dean | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
No, every sale sign means a lower price
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 sign | det |
| 4 | sale | sale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sign | compound |
| 5 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | nsubj |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 price | det |
| 8 | lower | low | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 price | amod |
| 9 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 means | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | every sale sign | a lower price | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Topic |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
No, the sign makes them cheaper at the till
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 makes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sign | det |
| 4 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | nsubj |
| 5 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 makes | obj |
| 7 | cheaper | cheap | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 makes | xcomp |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 till | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 till | det |
| 10 | till | till | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cheaper | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | the sign | them = they | cheap property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset they=Product |
Option 3
Yes, they actually went up to £70 before the sale
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 went | nsubj |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 5 went | advmod |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 went | compound:prt |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 £ | case |
| 8 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 5 went | obl |
| 9 | 70 | 70 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 £ | nummod |
| 10 | before | before | ADP | _ | 12 sale | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 sale | det |
| 12 | sale | sale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go up | past | they | before the sale | actually property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, the price didn't change at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 change | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 price | det |
| 4 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 change | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 change | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 change | advmod |
| 7 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 all | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 change | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not change | past · do-support | the price | all | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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