Test 10 · Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax A girl from Dublin says, "We never get bills, me da just pays them, so they're grand." ("Grand" means fine; "da" is dad.) What's really true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, We, me da, bills, Grand, da · What happens: say, not get, pay, be, mean · To what, where: bills, dad · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 21 «Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax» 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: A girl from Dublin says, "We never get bills, me da just pays them, so they're grand."
det nsubj case nmod punct punct nsubj advmod ccomp obj punct compound nsubj advmod parataxis iobj punct advmod nsubj cop parataxis punct punct root A DET girl NOUN from ADP Dublin PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT We PRON never ADV get VERB bills NOUN , PUNCT me PRON da NOUN just ADV pays VERB them PRON , PUNCT so ADV they PRON 're AUX grand ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 girl det 2 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 5 says nsubj 3 from from ADP _ 4 Dublin case 4 Dublin Dublin PROPN Number=Sing 2 girl nmod 5 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 get punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 10 get punct 8 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 10 get nsubj 9 never never ADV PronType=Neg 10 get advmod 10 get get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 says ccomp 11 bills bill NOUN Number=Plur 10 get obj 12 , , PUNCT _ 16 pays punct 13 me I PRON Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 14 da compound 14 da da NOUN Number=Sing 16 pays nsubj 15 just just ADV _ 16 pays advmod 16 pays pay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 says parataxis 17 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 pays iobj 18 , , PUNCT _ 22 grand punct 19 so so ADV _ 22 grand advmod 20 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 22 grand nsubj 21 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 22 grand cop 22 grand grand ADJ Degree=Pos 5 says parataxis 23 . . PUNCT _ 22 grand punct 24 " " PUNCT _ 22 grand punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a girl from Dublin vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not get in a quote present We bills vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bill=Stimulus 3 pay in a quote present me da bills = bill vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset 4 is in a quote present bills = bill grand property 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: ("Grand" means fine; "da" is dad.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct nsubj punct cop parataxis punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Grand PROPN " PUNCT means VERB fine ADJ ; PUNCT " PUNCT da NOUN " PUNCT is AUX dad NOUN . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Grand punct 3 Grand Grand PROPN _ 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Grand punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 ; ; PUNCT _ 12 dad punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 9 da punct 9 da da NOUN Number=Sing 12 dad nsubj 10 " " PUNCT _ 9 da punct 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 dad cop 12 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 5 means parataxis 13 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 14 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Grand fine property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 2 is a present da dad tree rules
Sentence 3: What's really true?
nsubj cop advmod punct root What PRON 's AUX really ADV true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 true nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 true cop 3 really really ADV _ 4 true advmod 4 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 Bills are paid out of the children's pocket money
nsubj:pass aux:pass case case det nmod:poss case compound obl root Bills NOUN are AUX paid VERB out ADP of ADP the DET children NOUN 's PART pocket NOUN money NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bills bill NOUN Number=Plur 3 paid nsubj:pass 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 paid aux:pass 3 paid pay VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 4 out out ADP _ 10 money case 5 of of ADP _ 10 money case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 children det 7 children child NOUN Number=Plur 10 money nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 children case 9 pocket pocket NOUN Number=Sing 10 money compound 10 money money NOUN Number=Sing 3 paid obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pay out present · passive Bills the children's pocket money vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient money=Asset
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Bills only come to houses that own a car
nsubj advmod case obl nsubj acl:relcl det obj root Bills NOUN only ADV come VERB to ADP houses NOUN that PRON own VERB a DET car NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bills bill NOUN Number=Plur 3 come nsubj 2 only only ADV _ 3 come advmod 3 come come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to ADP _ 5 houses case 5 houses house NOUN Number=Plur 3 come obl 6 that that PRON PronType=Rel 7 own nsubj 7 own own VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 houses acl:relcl 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 car det 9 car car NOUN Number=Sing 7 own obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come present Bills houses vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to house=Initial_Location 2 own present houses a car vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot car=Theme
Option 3 She's right, some houses never have any bills
nsubj cop punct det nsubj advmod conj det obj root She PRON 's AUX right ADJ , PUNCT some DET houses NOUN never ADV have VERB any DET bills NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 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 _ 8 have punct 5 some some DET PronType=Ind 6 houses det 6 houses house NOUN Number=Plur 8 have nsubj 7 never never ADV PronType=Neg 8 have advmod 8 have have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right conj 9 any any DET PronType=Ind 10 bills det 10 bills bill NOUN Number=Plur 8 have obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present She right property tree rules 2 not have present some houses any bills vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Patient
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer The bills still come, and her dad pays them, maybe by direct debit
The tree, 13 words det nsubj advmod punct cc nmod:poss nsubj conj iobj punct advmod case amod obl root The DET bills NOUN still ADV come VERB , PUNCT and CCONJ her PRON dad NOUN pays VERB them PRON , PUNCT maybe ADV by ADP direct ADJ debit NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 bills det 2 bills bill NOUN Number=Plur 4 come nsubj 3 still still ADV _ 4 come advmod 4 come come VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 pays punct 6 and and CCONJ _ 9 pays cc 7 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 dad nmod:poss 8 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 9 pays nsubj 9 pays pay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 come conj 10 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 pays iobj 11 , , PUNCT _ 15 debit punct 12 maybe maybe ADV _ 15 debit advmod 13 by by ADP _ 15 debit case 14 direct direct ADJ Degree=Pos 15 debit amod 15 debit debit NOUN Number=Sing 4 come obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come present the bills still by direct debit vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by debit=Location 2 pay present her dad bills = bill vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Asset
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