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Test 9 · Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax

A Liverpool lad says, "Me ma says turn the tap off, la, it's like flushing quids away." ("La" means "mate"; "quids" are pounds.) Is his mum right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Liverpool lad, Me ma, ma, La, quids, mum · What happens: say, turn off, flush away, mean, be · To what, where: tap, quids, mate, pounds · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 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 Liverpool lad says, "Me ma says turn the tap off, la, it's like flushing quids away."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lad	det
2	Liverpool	Liverpool	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 lad	compound
3	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct
7	Me	me	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 ma	amod
8	ma	ma	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
10	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 says	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tap	det
12	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turn	obj
13	off	off	ADP	_	10 turn	compound:prt
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 la	punct
15	la	la	X	_	10 turn	parataxis
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 flushing	punct
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 flushing	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 flushing	aux
19	like	like	SCONJ	_	20 flushing	mark
20	flushing	flush	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 says	ccomp
21	quids	quid	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 flushing	obj
22	away	away	ADV	_	20 flushing	advmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	20 flushing	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 flushing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a Liverpool lad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	Me ma						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	turn off in a quote	infinitive		the tap					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tap=Patient
4	flush away in a quote	present · progressive	ma	quids				away property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent quid=Source

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: ("La" means "mate"; "quids" are pounds.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 La	punct
3	La	La	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 La	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 mate	punct
7	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	obj
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 mate	punct
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	14 pounds	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 quids	punct
11	quids	quid	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 pounds	nsubj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 quids	punct
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 pounds	cop
14	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 means	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
16	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	La	mate					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Topic
2	is a	present	quids	pounds					tree rules

Sentence 3: Is his mum right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 mum	nmod:poss
3	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Is	nsubj
4	right	right	ADV	_	1 Is	advmod
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Is	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	La's mum					right property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

Yes, but only at night, when water is dearer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 night	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 night	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 night	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 night	punct
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 dearer	advmod
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dearer	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 dearer	cop
11	dearer	dear	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 night	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	water					dear property	tree rules

Option 2

No, tap water is completely free everywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 free	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 water	compound
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 free	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 free	cop
6	completely	completely	ADV	_	7 free	advmod
7	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 free	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	tap water					completely, everywhere, free property	tree rules

Option 3

No, water only costs money when it is hot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 water	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 costs	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 costs	advmod
5	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 costs	obj
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 hot	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hot	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 hot	cop
10	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 costs	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	present	water	money					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme money=Value
2	is	present	water					hot property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yes, water costs money and a running tap wastes about 6 litres a minute

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 costs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 costs	nsubj
4	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 costs	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wastes	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tap	det
8	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 tap	amod
9	tap	tap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wastes	nsubj
10	wastes	waste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 costs	conj
11	about	about	ADV	_	12 6	advmod
12	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 litres	nummod
13	litres	litre	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 wastes	obj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 minute	det
15	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wastes	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	present	water	money					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme money=Value
2	run	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	waste	present	a running tap	6 litres			minute		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent litre=Patient

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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