Test 3 · Taking without paying: the consequences Jayden says "only 2 school kids at a time? That's harsh, man." His dad says "they've had stuff nicked, son." ("Nicked" means stolen.) Why is the rule there?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jayden, That, dad, kids, stuff · What happens: say, be, have, nick, mean, steal · To what, where: stuff · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 15 «Taking without paying: the consequences» 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: Jayden says "only 2 school kids at a time?
nsubj punct advmod nummod compound ccomp case det nmod punct root Jayden PROPN says VERB " PUNCT only ADV 2 NUM school NOUN kids NOUN at ADP a DET time NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jayden Jayden PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 " " PUNCT _ 7 kids punct 4 only only ADV _ 5 2 advmod 5 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 kids nummod 6 school school NOUN Number=Sing 7 kids compound 7 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 2 says ccomp 8 at at ADP _ 10 time case 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 time det 10 time time NOUN Number=Sing 7 kids nmod 11 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Jayden vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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: That's harsh, man."
nsubj cop punct conj punct punct root That PRON 's AUX harsh ADJ , PUNCT man NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 3 harsh nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 harsh cop 3 harsh harsh ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 man punct 5 man man NOUN Number=Sing 3 harsh conj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 harsh punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 3 harsh punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present That harsh property tree rules
Sentence 3: His dad says "they've had stuff nicked, son."
nmod:poss nsubj punct nsubj aux ccomp obj xcomp punct vocative punct punct root His PRON dad NOUN says VERB " PUNCT they PRON 've AUX had VERB stuff NOUN nicked VERB , PUNCT son NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 dad nmod:poss 2 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 " " PUNCT _ 7 had punct 5 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 had nsubj 6 've have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 had aux 7 had have VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 3 says ccomp 8 stuff stuff NOUN Number=Sing 7 had obj 9 nicked nick VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 had xcomp 10 , , PUNCT _ 11 son punct 11 son son NOUN Number=Sing 7 had vocative 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present man's dad vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 have in a quote present · perfect kids = kid stuff son vocative tree rules 3 nick in a quote participle stuff not said here vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
Sentence 4: ("Nicked" means stolen.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Nicked VERB " PUNCT means VERB stolen VERB . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Nicked punct 3 Nicked nick VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Nicked punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 stolen steal VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 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 nick in a quote participle vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient 2 mean present vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 3 steal not said to happen participle vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 5: Why is the rule there?
advmod cop det obl:unmarked punct root Why ADV is AUX the DET rule NOUN there ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 5 there advmod 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 there cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 rule det 4 rule rule NOUN Number=Sing 5 there obl:unmarked 5 there there ADV PronType=Dem root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 there punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the rule obl:unmarked ; there property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Kids are too loud in shops
nsubj cop advmod case obl root Kids NOUN are AUX too ADV loud ADJ in ADP shops NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 4 loud nsubj 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 loud cop 3 too too ADV _ 4 loud advmod 4 loud loud ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 in in ADP _ 6 shops case 6 shops shop NOUN Number=Plur 4 loud obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Kids shops loud property tree rules
Option 2 The law says only 2 children anywhere
det nsubj advmod nummod obj advmod root The DET law NOUN says VERB only ADV 2 NUM children NOUN anywhere ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 law det 2 law law NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 only only ADV _ 5 2 advmod 5 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 children nummod 6 children child NOUN Number=Plur 3 says obj 7 anywhere anywhere ADV PronType=Ind 3 says advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present the law 2 children anywhere property vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent child=Topic
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Stealing made the shop limit everyone
nsubj det compound obj obj root Stealing NOUN made VERB the DET shop NOUN limit NOUN everyone PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stealing stealing NOUN Number=Sing 2 made nsubj 2 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 limit det 4 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 5 limit compound 5 limit limit NOUN Number=Sing 2 made obj 6 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 2 made obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past Stealing the shop limit vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset limit=Beneficiary everyone=Product
Option 4 The shopkeeper hates kids
det nsubj obj root The DET shopkeeper NOUN hates VERB kids NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 shopkeeper det 2 shopkeeper shopkeeper NOUN Number=Sing 3 hates nsubj 3 hates hate VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 3 hates obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hate present the shopkeeper kids vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus
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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