Test 3 · ★ · In-game currency: coins and gems are real money
Amy whines "it's only 99p, Mum!" for the twelfth time this month. What does Mum point out?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Amy, it, Mum · What happens: whine, be, point out · To what, where: 99 p · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 16 «In-game currency: coins and gems are real money» 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: Amy whines "it's only 99p, Mum!" for the twelfth time this month.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amy | Amy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 whines | nsubj |
| 2 | whines | whine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 p | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 p | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 p | cop |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 99 | advmod |
| 7 | 99 | 99 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 p | nummod |
| 8 | p | p | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 whines | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 Mum | punct |
| 10 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 p | conj |
| 11 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 8 p | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 p | punct |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 time | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 time | det |
| 15 | twelfth | twelfth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 time | amod |
| 16 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 whines | obl |
| 17 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 month | det |
| 18 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 whines | obl:unmarked |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 whines | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whine | present | Amy | month; time | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | it | 99 p and Mum | 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: What does Mum point out?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 point | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 point | aux |
| 3 | Mum | Mum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 point | nsubj |
| 4 | point | point | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 point | compound:prt |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 point | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | point out | present · do-support | Mum | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
All those small buys add up to nearly £12
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | All | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 buys | det:predet |
| 2 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 4 buys | det |
| 3 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 buys | amod |
| 4 | buys | buy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 add | nsubj |
| 5 | add | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 add | compound:prt |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 £ | case |
| 8 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 9 £ | advmod |
| 9 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 5 add | obl |
| 10 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 £ | nummod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add up speech: assert | present | all small buys | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to £=Co-Patient |
Option 2
Gems get cheaper and cheaper the more you buy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gems | gem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 get | nsubj |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | cheaper | cheap | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 get | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 cheaper | cc |
| 5 | cheaper | cheap | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 cheaper | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 more | det |
| 7 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 buy | advmod |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 buy | nsubj |
| 9 | buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 get | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Gems | cheap property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | buy | present | you | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
99p buys are free in the end, once you level up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 99 | 99 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 buys | nummod |
| 2 | p | p | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 buys | compound |
| 3 | buys | buy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 free | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 free | cop |
| 5 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 end | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 end | det |
| 8 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 free | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 level | punct |
| 10 | once | once | SCONJ | _ | 12 level | mark |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 level | nsubj |
| 12 | level | level | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 free | conj |
| 13 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 level | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | 99 p buys | in the end | free property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | level up | present | you | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
12 times is still only 99p in total, all together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 times | nummod |
| 2 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 p | nmod:unmarked |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 p | cop |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 p | advmod |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 p | advmod |
| 6 | 99 | 99 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 p | nummod |
| 7 | p | p | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 total | case |
| 9 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 p | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 p | punct |
| 11 | all | all | ADV | _ | 12 together | advmod |
| 12 | together | together | ADV | _ | 7 p | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | 99 p | total | still; time | together property | tree rules |
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