Test 1 · ★ · The weekly shop and a family budget
Ella goes, "It's only crisps, they don't count, they're not on the list." What's the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ella, It, they, best answer · What happens: go, be, not count, not be · To what, where: list · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 22 «The weekly shop and a family budget» 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: Ella goes, "It's only crisps, they don't count, they're not on the list."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 crisps | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 crisps | punct |
| 5 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 crisps | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 crisps | cop |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 crisps | advmod |
| 8 | crisps | crisp | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 goes | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 count | punct |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 count | nsubj |
| 11 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 count | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 count | advmod |
| 13 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 goes | parataxis |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 list | punct |
| 15 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 list | nsubj |
| 16 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 list | cop |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 list | advmod |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 20 list | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 list | det |
| 20 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 count | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 goes | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Ella | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | It | crisp property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not count in a quote | present · do-support | they | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | not is in a quote | present | they | the list | 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's the best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Everything in the trolley counts towards the £80 budget
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 counts | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 trolley | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 trolley | det |
| 4 | trolley | trolley | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Everything | nmod |
| 5 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 10 budget | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 budget | det |
| 8 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 10 budget | compound |
| 9 | 80 | 80 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 £ | nummod |
| 10 | budget | budget | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 counts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | Everything | towards the £ budget | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Only things on the list get added up at the till
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 things | advmod |
| 2 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 added | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 list | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 list | det |
| 5 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 things | nmod |
| 6 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 added | aux:pass |
| 7 | added | add | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 added | compound:prt |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 till | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 till | det |
| 11 | till | till | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 added | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add up speech: assert | present · passive | things on the list | the till | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
Crisps are free if they are not on the list
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crisps | crisp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 free | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 free | cop |
| 3 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 list | mark |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 list | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 list | cop |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 list | advmod |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 list | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 list | det |
| 10 | list | list | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 free | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Crisps | free property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not is a condition, not said to happen | present | Crisps = crisp | the list | tree rules |
Option 4
Snacks are paid for by the shop, not the family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Snacks | snack | 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 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 paid | compound:prt |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 shop | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 shop | det |
| 7 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 paid | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 family | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 family | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 family | det |
| 11 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 paid | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay for | present · passive | the shop | Snacks | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset |
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