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Test 6 · ★★ · Unit prices and sales that are not really sales

A Geordie mate says "that's a canny deal, man, six pens for three quid!" ("Canny" means good.) Singles are 40p. Is it canny?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Geordie mate, that, Canny, Singles, p · What happens: say, be, mean · To what, where: canny deal, 40 p · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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: A Geordie mate says "that's a canny deal, man, six pens for three quid!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mate	det
2	Geordie	Geordie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mate	compound
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 deal	punct
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 deal	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 deal	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 deal	det
9	canny	canny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 deal	amod
10	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 man	punct
12	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 deal	vocative
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 pens	punct
14	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 pens	nummod
15	pens	pen	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 deal	parataxis
16	for	for	ADP	_	18 quid	case
17	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 quid	nummod
18	quid	quid	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 pens	nmod
19	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 deal	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 deal	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	a Geordie mate						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present	that	a canny deal				man vocative	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: ("Canny" means good.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Canny	punct
3	Canny	Canny	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Canny	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 means	xcomp
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
8	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Canny					good property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: Singles are 40p.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Singles	single	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 p	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 p	cop
3	40	40	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 p	nummod
4	p	p	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 p	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Singles	40 p					tree rules

Sentence 4: Is it canny?

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 canny	cop
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 canny	nsubj
3	canny	canny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 canny	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	p					canny property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, the pack is 50p a pen, singles are 40p

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 p	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pack	det
4	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 p	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 p	cop
6	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 p	nummod
7	p	p	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pen	det
9	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 p	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 p	punct
11	singles	single	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 p	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 p	cop
13	40	40	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 p	nummod
14	p	p	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 p	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the pack	50 p and a pen and 40 p					tree rules
2	is a	present	singles	40 p					tree rules

Option 2

Yes, because packs of pens are always cheaper than singles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 cheaper	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cheaper	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 cheaper	mark
4	packs	pack	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cheaper	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 pens	case
6	pens	pen	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 packs	nmod
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cheaper	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 cheaper	advmod
9	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
10	than	than	ADP	_	11 singles	case
11	singles	single	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cheaper	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	packs of pens					than singles; always, cheap property	tree rules

Option 3

No, the pack is £1 a pen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 pack	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pack	det
4	pack	pack	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 £	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 £	cop
6	£	£	SYM	_	root	root
7	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 £	nummod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 pen	det
9	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 £	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Yes, it's 30p a pen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 p	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 p	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 p	cop
5	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 p	nummod
6	p	p	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pen	det
8	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 p	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	30 p and a pen					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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