Test 1 · When money is tight: "we can't afford it" A kid at school goes, "Free school dinners? Lol, you're poor." What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, you, best answer · What happens: go, be · To what, where: Free school dinners
This is test 1 of lesson 23 «When money is tight: "we can't afford it"» 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 kid at school goes, "Free school dinners?
det nsubj case nmod punct punct amod compound obl punct root A DET kid NOUN at ADP school NOUN goes VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Free ADJ school NOUN dinners NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 kid det 2 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 5 goes nsubj 3 at at ADP _ 4 school case 4 school school NOUN Number=Sing 2 kid nmod 5 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 dinners punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 10 dinners punct 8 Free free ADJ Degree=Pos 10 dinners amod 9 school school NOUN Number=Sing 10 dinners compound 10 dinners dinner NOUN Number=Plur 5 goes obl 11 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 goes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present a kid at school Free school dinners vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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: Lol, you're poor."
discourse punct nsubj cop punct punct root Lol INTJ , PUNCT you PRON 're AUX poor ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Lol lol INTJ _ 5 poor discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Lol punct 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 5 poor nsubj 4 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 poor cop 5 poor poor ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 poor punct 7 " " PUNCT _ 5 poor punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present you poor property tree rules
Sentence 3: What is the best answer?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET best ADJ answer NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 is 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 · ← Mova's choice Free meals are worse food, so he has a point
amod nsubj cop amod punct advmod nsubj acl:relcl det obj root Free ADJ meals NOUN are AUX worse ADJ food NOUN , PUNCT so ADV he PRON has VERB a DET point NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Free free ADJ Degree=Pos 2 meals amod 2 meals meal NOUN Number=Plur 5 food nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 food cop 4 worse bad ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 food amod 5 food food NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 has punct 7 so so ADV _ 9 has advmod 8 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 has nsubj 9 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 food acl:relcl 10 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 11 point det 11 point point NOUN Number=Sing 9 has obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Free meals worse food tree rules 2 have present he a point vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Patient
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Free school meals help loads of kids, and mocking that is out of order
The tree, 14 words amod compound nsubj obj case nmod punct cc advcl nsubj cop case case ccomp root Free ADJ school NOUN meals NOUN help VERB loads NOUN of ADP kids NOUN , PUNCT and CCONJ mocking VERB that PRON is AUX out ADP of ADP order NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Free free ADJ Degree=Pos 3 meals amod 2 school school NOUN Number=Sing 3 meals compound 3 meals meal NOUN Number=Plur 4 help nsubj 4 help help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 loads load NOUN Number=Plur 4 help obj 6 of of ADP _ 7 kids case 7 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 5 loads nmod 8 , , PUNCT _ 10 mocking punct 9 and and CCONJ _ 10 mocking cc 10 mocking mock VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 help advcl 11 that that PRON Number=Sing PronType=Dem 15 order nsubj 12 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 15 order cop 13 out out ADP _ 15 order case 14 of of ADP _ 15 order case 15 order order NOUN Number=Sing 10 mocking ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help present Free school meals loads of kids vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Beneficiary 2 mock gerund Free school meals not said here vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 is present that order tree rules
Option 3 Only children who are naughty get free meals
advmod nsubj nsubj cop acl:relcl amod obj root Only ADV children NOUN who PRON are AUX naughty ADJ get VERB free ADJ meals NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 2 children advmod 2 children child NOUN Number=Plur 6 get nsubj 3 who who PRON PronType=Rel 5 naughty nsubj 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 naughty cop 5 naughty naughty ADJ Degree=Pos 2 children acl:relcl 6 get get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 free free ADJ Degree=Pos 8 meals amod 8 meals meal NOUN Number=Plur 6 get obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present children naughty property tree rules 2 get present children free meals vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer meal=Stimulus
Option 4 He's right, so the kid should hide his lunch
nsubj cop punct advmod det nsubj aux conj nmod:poss obj root He PRON 's AUX right ADJ , PUNCT so ADV the DET kid NOUN should AUX hide VERB his PRON lunch NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 9 hide punct 5 so so ADV _ 9 hide advmod 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 kid det 7 kid kid NOUN Number=Sing 9 hide nsubj 8 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 hide aux 9 hide hide VERB VerbForm=Inf 3 right conj 10 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 11 lunch nmod:poss 11 lunch lunch NOUN Number=Sing 9 hide obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He right property tree rules 2 hide should the kid kid's lunch vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Patient
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