Test 6 · When money is tight: "we can't afford it"
A cartoon shows a sad family "fixing" money problems by winning the lottery. What does it get wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon · What happens: show, win, get · To what, where: money problems, lottery
This is test 6 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 cartoon shows a sad family "fixing" money problems by winning the lottery.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cartoon | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 family | det |
| 5 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 family | amod |
| 6 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 money | compound |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 fixing | punct |
| 8 | fixing | fixing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 family | appos |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 fixing | punct |
| 10 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 problems | compound |
| 11 | problems | problem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 shows | obj |
| 12 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 13 winning | mark |
| 13 | winning | win | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 shows | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 lottery | det |
| 15 | lottery | lottery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 winning | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | a cartoon | money problems | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent problem=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | win | gerund | a cartoon not said here | the lottery | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lottery=Eventuality |
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 does it get wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 get | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | xcomp |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · do-support | cartoon | wrong property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Lotteries give money to anyone who is sad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lotteries | lottery | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 give | nsubj |
| 2 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 give | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 anyone | case |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 give | obl |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 sad | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sad | cop |
| 8 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 anyone | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Lotteries | money | anyone | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to anyone=Recipient | |||
| 2 | is | present | sad property | tree rules |
Option 2
Every family with money worries wins the lottery in the end
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wins | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 worries | case |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 worries | compound |
| 5 | worries | worry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 family | nmod |
| 6 | wins | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 lottery | det |
| 8 | lottery | lottery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wins | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 end | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 end | det |
| 11 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wins | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | present | every family with money worries | the lottery | in the end | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lottery=Eventuality |
Option 3
Real families always fix money problems overnight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 families | amod |
| 2 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fix | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 fix | advmod |
| 4 | fix | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 problems | compound |
| 6 | problems | problem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fix | obj |
| 7 | overnight | overnight | ADV | _ | 4 fix | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | present | Real families | money problems | always, overnight property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent problem=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Most families get through tight times with plans, help and small savings, not luck
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 families | amod |
| 2 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | nsubj |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | through | through | ADV | _ | 3 get | advmod |
| 5 | tight | tight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 times | amod |
| 6 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 plans | case |
| 8 | plans | plan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 help | punct |
| 10 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 plans | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 savings | cc |
| 12 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 savings | amod |
| 13 | savings | savings | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 8 plans | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 luck | punct |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 luck | advmod |
| 16 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get through | present | Most families | time | with plans and help and small savings; through property | vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with plan=Theme |
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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