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Test 11 · When money is tight: "we can't afford it"

Hannah wants to pay the £300 the family is short with her £5 pocket money. What is wise?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hannah, family · What happens: want, pay, be

This is test 11 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: Hannah wants to pay the £300 the family is short with her £5 pocket money.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hannah	Hannah	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 pay	mark
4	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 short	det
6	£	£	SYM	_	11 short	obl:unmarked
7	300	300	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 £	nummod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 family	det
9	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 short	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 short	cop
11	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 pay	advcl
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 her	case
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 short	obl
14	£	£	SYM	_	11 short	obj
15	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 money	nummod
16	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 money	compound
17	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 £	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Hannah						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	pay not said to happen	to-infinitive	Hannah not said here						vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	the family					with Hannah; short 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: What is wise?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wise	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wise	cop
3	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wise	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						wise property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Her £5 will fix the problem completely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 £	nmod:poss
2	£	£	SYM	_	5 fix	nsubj
3	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 £	nummod
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fix	aux
5	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 problem	det
7	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fix	obj
8	completely	completely	ADV	_	5 fix	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	future		the problem				completely property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent problem=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It's grown-ups' job to sort; she can help with kindness and not asking for extras

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grown	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 grown	aux:pass
3	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 ups	punct
5	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 job	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 ups	case
7	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grown	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 sort	mark
9	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 job	acl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 help	punct
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 help	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 help	aux
13	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 grown	parataxis
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 kindness	case
15	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 help	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 asking	cc
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 asking	advmod
18	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 help	conj
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 extras	case
20	extras	extra	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 asking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present · passive		It					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP PP»: subject=Beneficiary job=Product
2	sort	to-infinitive							vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	help	can	she					with kindness	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with kindness=Theme
4	not ask speech: ask	gerund	she not said here					for extras	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	job		ups						nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

She should sell the family telly herself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 sell	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 sell	aux
3	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 telly	det
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 telly	compound
6	telly	telly	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sell	obj
7	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 sell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	should	She	the family telly				herself = she obl	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent telly=Theme

Option 4

She should take money from Mum's purse to help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 take	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 take	aux
3	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 purse	case
6	Mum	Mum	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 purse	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Mum	case
8	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 take	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 help	mark
10	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 take	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	should	She	money		Mum's purse			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent money=Theme from purse=Initial_Location
2	help	to-infinitive	She not said here						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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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