Test 2 · Wages, salary and where family money comes from
Ben yells "pizza night!" when Mum gets a £100 pay rise. Mum: "One pizza, then the rest goes on the gas bill." Why?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ben, Mum, rest · What happens: yell, get, go · To what, where: £ pay rise, gas bill
This is test 2 of lesson 20 «Wages, salary and where family money comes from» 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: Ben yells "pizza night!" when Mum gets a £100 pay rise.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben | Ben | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 yells | nsubj |
| 2 | yells | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 night | punct |
| 4 | pizza | pizza | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 night | compound |
| 5 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 yells | obj |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 night | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 night | punct |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 gets | advmod |
| 9 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gets | nsubj |
| 10 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 yells | advcl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 rise | det |
| 12 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 15 rise | compound |
| 13 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 £ | nummod |
| 14 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 rise | compound |
| 15 | rise | rise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gets | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 yells | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | present | Ben | night | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | get | present | Mum | a £ pay rise | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rise=Stimulus |
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: Mum: "One pizza, then the rest goes on the gas bill."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pizza | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 pizza | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 pizza | punct |
| 4 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 pizza | nummod |
| 5 | pizza | pizza | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 goes | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 goes | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 rest | det |
| 9 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 goes | nsubj |
| 10 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 pizza | parataxis |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 bill | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 bill | det |
| 13 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 bill | compound |
| 14 | bill | bill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 goes | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 pizza | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 pizza | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | present | the rest | the gas bill | then | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on bill=Location |
Sentence 3: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Pay rises must be spent on pizza
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spent | nsubj |
| 2 | rises | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Pay | cop |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 spent | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 spent | aux:pass |
| 5 | spent | spend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 pizza | case |
| 7 | pizza | pizza | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Pay | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | spend | must · passive | Pay | on pizza goal | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Asset on pizza=Goal |
Option 2
The gas bill is always exactly £100
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bill | det |
| 2 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bill | compound |
| 3 | bill | bill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 £ | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 £ | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 £ | advmod |
| 6 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 7 £ | advmod |
| 7 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 8 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Pizza is a need and gas is a want
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pizza | pizza | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 need | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 need | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 need | det |
| 4 | need | need | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 want | nsubj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 gas | cc |
| 6 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 need | conj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 want | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 want | det |
| 9 | want | want | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Pizza | a need and gas | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | a need and gas | a want | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Bills often go up too, so a rise doesn't stretch far
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bills | bill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 go | nsubj |
| 2 | often | often | ADV | _ | 3 go | advmod |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 go | compound:prt |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 3 go | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 stretch | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 stretch | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 rise | det |
| 9 | rise | rise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 stretch | nsubj |
| 10 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 stretch | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 stretch | advmod |
| 12 | stretch | stretch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 go | conj |
| 13 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 stretch | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go up | present | Bills | often property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | not stretch | present · do-support | a rise | far property | vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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