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Test 11 · Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax

Sophie's mum says the £950 of bills come before the cinema. Why?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum · What happens: say, come · To what, where: cinema · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 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: Sophie's mum says the £950 of bills come before the cinema.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 mum	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Sophie	case
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 £	det
6	£	£	SYM	_	10 come	nsubj
7	950	950	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 £	nummod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 bills	case
9	bills	bill	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 £	nmod
10	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
11	before	before	ADP	_	13 cinema	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 cinema	det
13	cinema	cinema	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 come	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Sophie's mum						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come	present				the cinema			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before cinema=Location

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: 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 · ← Mova's choice

Bills are smaller than fun, so they hardly matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bills	bill	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 smaller	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 smaller	cop
3	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	5 fun	case
5	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 smaller	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 matter	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 matter	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 matter	nsubj
9	hardly	hardly	ADV	_	10 matter	advmod
10	matter	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 smaller	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Bills					than fun; small property	tree rules
2	matter	present	Bills = bill					hardly property	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

The bank stops people watching films in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bank	det
2	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stops	nsubj
3	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stops	obj
5	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 people	acl
6	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 watching	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 winter	case
8	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 watching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	the bank	people					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality people=Eventuality
2	watch	gerund	people not said here	films			winter		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Bills like rent and energy keep the home going, so they come first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bills	bill	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 keep	nsubj
2	like	like	ADP	_	3 rent	case
3	rent	rent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bills	nmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 energy	cc
5	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rent	conj
6	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 home	det
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obj
9	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 keep	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 come	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 come	advmod
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 come	nsubj
13	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 keep	conj
14	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	13 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Bills like rent and energy	the home					tree rules
2	go	gerund	the home not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	come	present	Bills = bill					first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Cinemas won't take money until your bills are paid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cinemas	cinema	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 take	nsubj
2	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 take	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 take	advmod
4	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obj
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 paid	mark
7	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 bills	nmod:poss
8	bills	bill	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 paid	nsubj:pass
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 paid	aux:pass
10	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 take	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not take	future	Cinemas	money					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
2	pay	present · passive		your bills					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
3	bill		your						nom bill «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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