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Test 10 · ★ · The weekly shop and a family budget

Mum mutters, "Same stuff, ten quid more." The shop was £70 and is now £80. What does it mean for the family?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, shop · What happens: mutter, mean · To what, where: Same stuff

This is test 10 · ★ 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: Mum mutters, "Same stuff, ten quid more."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mutters	nsubj
2	mutters	mutter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stuff	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 stuff	punct
5	Same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stuff	amod
6	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mutters	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stuff	punct
8	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 quid	nummod
9	quid	quid	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 more	nsubj
10	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 mutters	parataxis
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mutters	punct
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 mutters	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mutter speech: assert	present	Mum	Same stuff					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: The shop was £70 and is now £80.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shop	det
2	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 £	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 £	cop
4	£	£	SYM	_	root	root
5	70	70	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 £	nummod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 £	cc
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 £	cop
8	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 £	advmod
9	£	£	SYM	_	4 £	conj
10	80	80	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 £	nummod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 £	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: What does it mean for the family?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 family	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 family	det
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	shop					for the family	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot what=Theme for family=Attribute

The options

Option 1

The family is buying more food than last month

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 family	det
2	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buying	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 buying	aux
4	buying	buy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 food	amod
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buying	obj
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 month	case
8	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 month	amod
9	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	present · progressive	the family	more food			month		vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The cost of living has gone up, so they may swap brands or cut treats

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 cost	det
2	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gone	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 living	case
4	living	living	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cost	nmod
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 gone	aux
6	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 gone	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 swap	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 swap	advmod
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 swap	nsubj
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 swap	aux
12	swap	swap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 gone	parataxis
13	brands	brand	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 swap	obj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 treats	cc
15	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 treats	amod
16	treats	treat	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 brands	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go up	present · perfect	the cost of living						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	swap	may	they	brands or cut treats					vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brand=Theme
3	cut	participle							vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
4	cost			living					nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The shop has given them a £10 discount

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 shop	det
2	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 given	aux
4	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 given	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 discount	det
7	£	£	SYM	_	9 discount	compound
8	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 £	nummod
9	discount	discount	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 given	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · perfect · passive		the shop					tree rules

Option 4

Prices went down, so they can buy extra

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 went	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 buy	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 buy	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 buy	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 buy	aux
8	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 went	conj
9	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 buy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go down	past	Prices					down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	buy	can	Prices = price	extra					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent extra=Theme

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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