Test 10 · Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout
Kian's mum lost the receipt for shoes that fell apart. What's likely?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, shoes · What happens: lose, fall apart, be · To what, where: receipt
This is test 10 of lesson 14 «Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout» 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: Kian's mum lost the receipt for shoes that fell apart.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kian | Kian | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Kian | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 receipt | det |
| 6 | receipt | receipt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 shoes | case |
| 8 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 receipt | nmod |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 fell | nsubj |
| 10 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 shoes | acl:relcl |
| 11 | apart | apart | ADV | _ | 10 fell | advmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | Kian's mum | the receipt | for shoes | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent receipt=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | fall apart | past | shoes | apart property | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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 likely?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 likely | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 likely | cop |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 likely | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | likely property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The shop has to pay for a brand-new pair as well
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 shop | det |
| 2 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 pay | mark |
| 5 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 has | xcomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 pair | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 pair | det |
| 8 | brand | brand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 new | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 brand | punct |
| 10 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 pair | amod |
| 11 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pay | obl |
| 12 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 5 pay | advmod |
| 13 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 as | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the shop | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | pay | to-infinitive | the shop not said here | for a new pair | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for pair=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The shop may refuse, or only offer a swap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 shop | det |
| 2 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 refuse | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 refuse | aux |
| 4 | refuse | refuse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 offer | punct |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 offer | cc |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 offer | advmod |
| 8 | offer | offer | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 refuse | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 swap | det |
| 10 | swap | swap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 offer | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | may | the shop | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | offer | infinitive | the shop not said here | a swap | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent swap=Theme |
Option 3
The shop must give double the money back as a sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 shop | det |
| 2 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 give | aux |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | double | double | ADP | _ | 7 money | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 money | det |
| 7 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obl |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 give | advmod |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 sorry | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 sorry | det |
| 11 | sorry | sorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | must | the shop | double the money; as a sorry | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
She gets the money back faster than with a receipt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gets | nsubj |
| 2 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 money | det |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gets | obj |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 faster | advmod |
| 6 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 gets | advmod |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 receipt | case |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 receipt | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 receipt | det |
| 10 | receipt | receipt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 faster | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | She | the money | fast property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus |
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