Test 5 · When money is tight: "we can't afford it"

Leo storms off: "Ugh, you never buy me anything, you don't even care!" What's actually going on?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, you · What happens: storm off, not buy, not care, go on · To what, where: anything, me · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 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: Leo storms off: "Ugh, you never buy me anything, you don't even care!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 storms	nsubj
2	storms	storm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 storms	compound:prt
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 buy	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 buy	punct
6	Ugh	ugh	INTJ	_	10 buy	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Ugh	punct
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 buy	nsubj
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 buy	advmod
10	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 storms	parataxis
11	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 buy	iobj
12	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 buy	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 care	punct
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 care	nsubj
15	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 care	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 care	advmod
17	even	even	ADV	_	18 care	advmod
18	care	care	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 storms	parataxis
19	!	!	PUNCT	_	18 care	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 care	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	storm off	present	Leo			tree rules
2	not buy in a quote	infinitive	you	anything	me	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary anything=Theme
3	not care in a quote	present · do-support	you			vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: 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 actually going on?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 going	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 going	aux
3	actually	actually	ADV	_	4 going	advmod
4	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	4 going	compound:prt
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 going	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go on	present · progressive						actually property	vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

His parents have plenty of money in the bank but are hiding it

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 parents	nmod:poss
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	plenty	plenty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 money	case
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plenty	nmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 bank	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bank	det
9	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 have	obl
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 hiding	cc
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 hiding	aux
12	hiding	hide	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 have	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hiding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	His parents	plenty of money		the bank			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Patient
2	hide	present · progressive	His parents not said here	plenty					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 2

His parents have decided to punish him, though he did nothing wrong

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 parents	nmod:poss
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 decided	nsubj
3	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 decided	aux
4	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 punish	mark
6	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 decided	xcomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 punish	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 did	punct
9	though	though	SCONJ	_	11 did	mark
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 did	nsubj
11	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 decided	conj
12	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 did	obj
13	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 nothing	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	decide	present · perfect	His parents		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	punish not said to happen	to-infinitive	His parents not said here	him = he	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
3	do	past	he	nothing	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

His parents care but there isn't enough money left this month

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 parents	nmod:poss
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 care	nsubj
3	care	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 is	cc
5	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 is	expl
6	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 care	conj
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 is	advmod
8	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 money	amod
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 is	nsubj
10	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 money	acl
11	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 month	det
12	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 left	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	care	present	His parents				vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	not be	present	enough money		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	leave	participle		enough money not said here		month	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

His parents think bikes are far too dangerous for all children

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 parents	nmod:poss
2	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 think	nsubj
3	think	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	bikes	bike	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 dangerous	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 dangerous	cop
6	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 dangerous	advmod
7	too	too	ADV	_	8 dangerous	advmod
8	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 think	ccomp
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 children	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 children	det
11	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 dangerous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	His parents						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	bikes					for all children; dangerous, far property	tree rules

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