Test 9 · ★ · The weekly shop and a family budget
In a cartoon, a family "saves money" by buying ten of everything and throwing half away. What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family · What happens: save, buy, throw, be · To what, where: money, cartoon, ten
This is test 9 · ★ 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: In a cartoon, a family "saves money" by buying ten of everything and throwing half away.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saves | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 family | det |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saves | nsubj |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 family | punct |
| 8 | saves | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 saves | obj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 saves | punct |
| 11 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 12 buying | mark |
| 12 | buying | buy | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 saves | advcl |
| 13 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 buying | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 everything | case |
| 15 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 13 ten | nmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 throwing | cc |
| 17 | throwing | throw | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 buying | conj |
| 18 | half | half | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 19 away | advmod |
| 19 | away | away | ADV | _ | 17 throwing | advmod |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 saves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save in a quote | present | a family | money | a cartoon | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | |||
| 2 | buy | gerund | a family not said here | ten of everything | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ten=Theme | ||||
| 3 | throw | gerund | a family not said here | away property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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 wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Throwing food away makes the shop refund you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throwing | throw | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 makes | csubj |
| 2 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throwing | obj |
| 3 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Throwing | advmod |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 refund | det |
| 6 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 refund | compound |
| 7 | refund | refund | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | obj |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw away | gerund | food | away property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make | present | Throwing | the shop refund | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset refund=Beneficiary you=Product |
Option 2
Food thrown in the bin is paid for by the council
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 paid | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Food | acl |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 bin | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bin | det |
| 5 | bin | bin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 thrown | obl |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 paid | aux:pass |
| 7 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 council | case |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 council | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 council | det |
| 11 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 paid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | participle | Food not said here | the bin | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in bin=Destination | ||||
| 2 | pay | present · passive | Food | for the council | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for council=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Food thrown away is money wasted, not saved
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wasted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Food | acl |
| 3 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 thrown | advmod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 wasted | aux:pass |
| 5 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wasted | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | wasted | waste | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 saved | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 saved | advmod |
| 9 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 wasted | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw away | participle | Food not said here | away property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | waste | present · passive | Food | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 3 | not save | participle | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing, because buying more always saves money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 saves | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 buying | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 buying | mark |
| 4 | buying | buy | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 buying | obj |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 more | advmod |
| 7 | saves | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saves | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | gerund | Nothing not said here | more | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme | ||||
| 2 | save | present | Nothing | money | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
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