Test 4 · Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout
Ava's mum ignores the receipt: "nah, never check." What would happen if she never checked?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum · What happens: ignore, not check, happen · To what, where: receipt · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 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: Ava's mum ignores the receipt: "nah, never check."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ava | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ignores | nsubj |
| 4 | ignores | ignore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 receipt | det |
| 6 | receipt | receipt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ignores | obj |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 12 check | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 check | punct |
| 9 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 12 check | discourse |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 nah | punct |
| 11 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 12 check | advmod |
| 12 | check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 ignores | parataxis |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 ignores | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 ignores | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | present | Ava's mum | the receipt | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not check in a quote | infinitive | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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 would happen if she never checked?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 checked | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 checked | nsubj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 checked | advmod |
| 7 | checked | check | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | advcl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | not check a condition, not said to happen | past | mum | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Prices would always be right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prices | price | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 right | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 right | aux |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 right | advmod |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 right | cop |
| 5 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would | Prices | always, right property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Mistakes like the extra £1.20 milk would be missed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mistakes | mistake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 missed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 milk | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 milk | det |
| 4 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 £ | amod |
| 5 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 7 milk | compound |
| 6 | 1.20 | 1.20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 £ | nummod |
| 7 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mistakes | nmod |
| 8 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 missed | aux |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 missed | aux:pass |
| 10 | missed | miss | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | would · passive | Mistakes like the £ milk | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
Option 3
Receipts would stop printing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Receipts | receipt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stop | aux |
| 3 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | printing | printing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | would | Receipts | printing | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality printing=Eventuality |
Option 4
Shops would always give money back anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shops | shop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 give | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 give | aux |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 give | advmod |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 give | advmod |
| 7 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 4 give | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give back | would | Shops | money | always, anyway property | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
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