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Test 9 · When money is tight: "we can't afford it"

Your mate whispers, "Amira's lot used the food bank, that's well embarrassing." What's the kindest true answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, lot, that, kindest true answer · What happens: whisper, use, be · To what, where: food bank · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 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: Your mate whispers, "Amira's lot used the food bank, that's well embarrassing."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 whispers	nsubj
3	whispers	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 used	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 used	punct
6	Amira	Amira	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 lot	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Amira	case
8	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 used	nsubj
9	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 whispers	ccomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bank	det
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bank	compound
12	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 used	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 embarrassing	punct
14	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 embarrassing	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 embarrassing	cop
16	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	17 embarrassing	advmod
17	embarrassing	embarrassing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 used	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 whispers	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 whispers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	present	Your mate						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	use in a quote	past	Amira's lot	the food bank					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bank=Patient
3	is in a quote	present	that					embarrassing, well 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's the kindest true answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 answer	det
4	kindest	kind	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 answer	amod
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 answer	amod
6	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the kindest true answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1

It's a secret club, so it doesn't count

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	5 club	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 club	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 club	det
4	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 club	amod
5	club	club	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 count	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	11 count	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 count	nsubj
9	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 count	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 count	advmod
11	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 club	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a secret club					tree rules
2	not count	present · do-support	club						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Loads of families need a hand sometimes; it's nothing to be ashamed of

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 families	case
3	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Loads	nmod
4	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hand	det
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 need	obj
7	sometimes	sometimes	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 need	advmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 nothing	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 nothing	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 nothing	cop
11	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 need	parataxis
12	to	to	PART	_	14 ashamed	mark
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 ashamed	cop
14	ashamed	ashamed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 nothing	acl
15	of	of	ADP	_	14 ashamed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	Loads of families	a hand				sometimes property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hand=Theme
2	is a	present	hand	nothing					tree rules
3	is	to-infinitive	Loads of families not said here					ashamed property	tree rules

Option 3

He's right, she should never come to school again

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	_	8 come	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 come	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 come	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 come	advmod
8	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 school	case
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 come	obl
11	again	again	ADV	_	8 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	not come	should	she			school	again		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location

Option 4

Food banks are only for people who don't work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 banks	compound
2	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 people	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 people	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 people	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 people	case
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 work	nsubj
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 work	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 work	advmod
10	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 people	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Food banks					for people	tree rules
2	not work	present · do-support	people						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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