Test 2 · Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout
Self-checkout yells "unexpected item in bagging area!" and Bella cracks up. What's the machine doing?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Self checkout, Bella, machine · What happens: yell, bag, crack up, do · To what, where: unexpected item, bagging area · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 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: Self-checkout yells "unexpected item in bagging area!" and Bella cracks up.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 checkout | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Self | punct |
| 3 | checkout | checkout | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 yells | nsubj |
| 4 | yells | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 item | punct |
| 6 | unexpected | unexpected | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 item | amod |
| 7 | item | item | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 yells | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 area | case |
| 9 | bagging | bag | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 area | amod |
| 10 | area | area | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 item | nmod |
| 11 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 item | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 item | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 cracks | cc |
| 14 | Bella | Bella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 cracks | nsubj |
| 15 | cracks | crack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 yells | conj |
| 16 | up | up | ADP | _ | 15 cracks | compound:prt |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 yells | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | present | Self checkout | unexpected item | bagging area | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent item=Topic | |||
| 2 | bag in a quote | gerund | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | crack up | present | Bella | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
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 machine doing?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 doing | obj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 doing | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 machine | det |
| 4 | machine | machine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 doing | nsubj |
| 5 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 doing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · progressive | the machine | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Calling the police straight away for every shopper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 police | det |
| 3 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Calling | obj |
| 4 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 5 away | advmod |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Calling | advmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 shopper | case |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 shopper | det |
| 8 | shopper | shopper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Calling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | gerund | the police | for every shopper; away property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent police=Theme for shopper=Beneficiary |
Option 2
Taking a photo of you for a prize draw at the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 photo | det |
| 3 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Taking | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 you | case |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 photo | nmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 draw | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 draw | det |
| 8 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 draw | compound |
| 9 | draw | draw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Taking | obl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 end | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 end | det |
| 12 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Taking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | gerund | a photo of you | at the end | for a prize draw | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent photo=Theme for draw=Beneficiary |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Giving a free item to anyone who scans quickly enough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 item | det |
| 3 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 item | amod |
| 4 | item | item | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Giving | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 anyone | case |
| 6 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Giving | obl |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 scans | nsubj |
| 8 | scans | scan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 anyone | acl:relcl |
| 9 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 8 scans | advmod |
| 10 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 8 scans | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | gerund | a free item | anyone | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent item=Theme to anyone=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | scan | present | enough, quickly property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Checking the weight of what's put in the bag
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Checking | check | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 weight | det |
| 3 | weight | weight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Checking | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 what | case |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 put | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 put | aux |
| 7 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 weight | acl:relcl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 bag | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bag | det |
| 10 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | gerund | the weight | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weight=Theme | |||||
| 2 | put | present · passive | the weight | the bag | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in bag=Destination |
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