Test 3 · Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout
Noah to the shop: "I've played it a week and it's boring, gimme my £30." Shop: "It's not faulty, mate." Who's right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, shop · What happens: play, be, gimme, not be · To what, where: shop
This is test 3 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: Noah to the shop: "I've played it a week and it's boring, gimme my £30."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 shop | nsubj |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 shop | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 shop | det |
| 4 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 played | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 played | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 played | nsubj |
| 8 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 played | aux |
| 9 | played | play | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 shop | parataxis |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 played | obj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 week | det |
| 12 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 played | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 boring | cc |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 boring | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 boring | cop |
| 16 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 played | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 gimme | punct |
| 18 | gimme | gimme | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 shop | parataxis |
| 19 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 £ | nmod:poss |
| 20 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 18 gimme | obj |
| 21 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 20 £ | nummod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 shop | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 shop | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play in a quote | present · perfect | I | shop | week | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | shop | boring property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | gimme in a quote | infinitive | 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: Shop: "It's not faulty, mate."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 faulty | nsubj:outer |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 faulty | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 faulty | punct |
| 4 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 faulty | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 faulty | cop |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 faulty | advmod |
| 7 | faulty | faulty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mate | punct |
| 9 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 faulty | vocative |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 faulty | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 faulty | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is in a quote | present | Shop | mate vocative; faulty property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Who's right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 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 | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The shop: changing your mind isn't a fault
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 | 10 fault | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 changing | punct |
| 4 | changing | change | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 shop | conj |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 mind | nmod:poss |
| 6 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 changing | obj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 fault | cop |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 fault | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 fault | det |
| 10 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | gerund | the shop not said here | your mind | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not is a | present | the shop | a fault | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | mind | your | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Noah: shops must refund anything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 shops | compound |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Noah | punct |
| 3 | shops | shop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 refund | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 refund | aux |
| 5 | refund | refund | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 refund | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refund | must | Noah shops | anything | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Theme |
Option 3
Noah: boring counts as faulty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Noah | Noah | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 counts | punct |
| 3 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 counts | amod |
| 4 | counts | count | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Noah | conj |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 faulty | case |
| 6 | faulty | faulty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 counts | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Both: he gets £15 back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 gets | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 4 gets | obj |
| 6 | 15 | 15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 £ | nummod |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 gets | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get back | present | Both | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer £=Stimulus |
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