Test 2 · ★ · The weekly shop and a family budget
Your mate, a proper Gen Alpha kid, says, "Packed lunch is mid, bought lunch is bussin'." ("Mid" means meh; "bussin'" means really tasty.) His mum says the packed lunch saves money. How much a week, if it's £1.50 instead of £4?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, Packed lunch, mid, bussin, mum · What happens: say, be, buy, mean, save · To what, where: lunch, meh, money · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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: Your mate, a proper Gen Alpha kid, says, "Packed lunch is mid, bought lunch is bussin'."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 says | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 kid | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 kid | det |
| 5 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 kid | amod |
| 6 | Gen | Gen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 kid | compound |
| 7 | Alpha | Alpha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Gen | flat |
| 8 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 mate | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 mate | punct |
| 10 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 mid | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 16 mid | punct |
| 13 | Packed | packed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 lunch | amod |
| 14 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 mid | nsubj |
| 15 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 mid | cop |
| 16 | mid | mid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 bussin | nsubj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 bought | punct |
| 18 | bought | buy | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 mid | conj |
| 19 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 bought | obj |
| 20 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 bussin | cop |
| 21 | bussin | bussin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 says | ccomp |
| 22 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 21 bussin | punct |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 says | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your mate and a proper Gen kid | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Packed lunch | mid property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | buy in a quote | participle | Packed lunch not said here | lunch | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is in a quote | present | mid | bussin 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: ("Mid" means meh; "bussin'" means really tasty.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Mid | punct |
| 3 | Mid | Mid | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Mid | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | meh | meh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | obj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 means | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 bussin | punct |
| 9 | bussin | bussin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 means | nsubj |
| 10 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 9 bussin | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 bussin | punct |
| 12 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 means | conj |
| 13 | really | really | ADV | _ | 14 tasty | advmod |
| 14 | tasty | tasty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 means | xcomp |
| 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 | Mid | meh | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meh=Topic | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | bussin | tasty property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: His mum says the packed lunch saves money.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lunch | det |
| 5 | packed | packed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 lunch | amod |
| 6 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saves | nsubj |
| 7 | saves | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saves | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | mid's mum | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | save | present | the packed lunch | money | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
Sentence 4: How much a week, if it's £1.50 instead of £4?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 much | advmod |
| 2 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 week | det |
| 4 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 much | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 £ | punct |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 £ | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 £ | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 £ | cop |
| 9 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 2 much | advcl |
| 10 | 1.50 | 1.50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Frac | 9 £ | nummod |
| 11 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 13 £ | case |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 instead | fixed |
| 13 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 9 £ | nmod |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 £ | nummod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 much | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
£5.50
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 5.50 | 5.50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
£20
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
£12.50
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 12.50 | 12.50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
£2.50
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 2.50 | 2.50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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