Test 1 · ★ · Debt, loans, credit cards and interest
Your cousin says, "A credit card is basically free money, bro, the bank just gives it ya." What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, credit card, free money · What happens: say, be, give · To what, where: free money, card, ya · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 24 «Debt, loans, credit cards and interest» 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 cousin says, "A credit card is basically free money, bro, the bank just gives it ya."
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 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 money | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 money | punct |
| 6 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 card | det |
| 7 | credit | credit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 card | compound |
| 8 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 money | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 money | cop |
| 10 | basically | basically | ADV | _ | 12 money | advmod |
| 11 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 money | amod |
| 12 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 gives | nsubj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 bro | punct |
| 14 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 money | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 bank | punct |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 bank | det |
| 17 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 money | conj |
| 18 | just | just | ADV | _ | 19 gives | advmod |
| 19 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 gives | obj |
| 21 | ya | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 19 gives | iobj |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | a credit card | free money and bro and the bank | basically property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | give in a quote | present | free money and bro and the bank | card | ya | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient it=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: What's wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It's free money as long as you lose the card
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 | 4 money | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 money | cop |
| 3 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 money | amod |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADV | _ | 6 long | advmod |
| 6 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 money | advmod |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 lose | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 lose | nsubj |
| 9 | lose | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 long | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 card | det |
| 11 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lose | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | free money | long property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | lose | present | you | the card | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It's borrowed money that must be paid back, often with interest
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 | 4 money | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 money | cop |
| 3 | borrowed | borrow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 money | amod |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 paid | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 paid | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 paid | aux:pass |
| 8 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 money | acl:relcl |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 paid | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 often | punct |
| 11 | often | often | ADV | _ | 8 paid | advmod |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 interest | case |
| 13 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 paid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | borrow | participle | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | It | borrowed money | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | pay back | must · passive | borrowed money | with interest; often property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
Option 3
Cards are free money but only on weekends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cards | card | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 money | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 money | cop |
| 3 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 money | amod |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 weekends | cc |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 weekends | advmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 weekends | case |
| 8 | weekends | weekend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 money | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Cards | free money but weekends | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing, banks give free money to everyone with a card
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 banks | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | banks | bank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 give | nsubj |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 money | amod |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 everyone | case |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 give | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 card | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 card | det |
| 11 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Nothing banks | free money | everyone | with a card | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to everyone=Recipient |
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