Test 11 · ★ · Debt, loans, credit cards and interest
Your mate says, "Interest is when you're interested in something, innit." In money, what is it really?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Interest · What happens: say, be, innit · To what, where: something, Interest · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ 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 mate says, "Interest is when you're interested in something, innit."
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 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 interested | punct |
| 6 | Interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 interested | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 interested | cop |
| 8 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 11 interested | mark |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 interested | nsubj |
| 10 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 interested | cop |
| 11 | interested | interested | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 something | case |
| 13 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 11 interested | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 innit | punct |
| 15 | innit | innit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 11 interested | discourse |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 interested | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 interested | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Interest | something | interested property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | innit in a quote | infinitive | 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: In money, what is it really?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 2 money | case |
| 2 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 what | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 money | punct |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 it | cop |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 what | nsubj |
| 7 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 what | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Interest | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Extra money paid for borrowing, or paid to savers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 money | amod |
| 2 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 money | acl |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 borrowing | case |
| 5 | borrowing | borrowing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 paid | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 paid | punct |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 8 paid | cc |
| 8 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 money | parataxis |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 savers | case |
| 10 | savers | saver | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 paid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | participle | Extra money not said here | for borrowing | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for borrowing=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pay | participle | to savers | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Something you find really fun and exciting to read about
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 find | nsubj |
| 3 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Something | acl:relcl |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 fun | advmod |
| 5 | fun | fun | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 find | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 exciting | cc |
| 7 | exciting | exciting | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fun | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 read | mark |
| 9 | read | read | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 exciting | xcomp |
| 10 | about | about | ADV | _ | 9 read | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | present | you | fun property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | read | to-infinitive | you not said here | about property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
A fee for asking the staff any questions at the bank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 fee | det |
| 2 | fee | fee | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 4 asking | mark |
| 4 | asking | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 fee | acl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 staff | det |
| 6 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asking | obj |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 questions | det |
| 8 | questions | question | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 asking | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 bank | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bank | det |
| 11 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | a fee not said here | the staff | the bank | tree rules |
Option 4
Money you get just for being a good, loyal customer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obj |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 get | nsubj |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 3 get | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 customer | case |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 customer | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 customer | det |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 customer | amod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 good | punct |
| 10 | loyal | loyal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 customer | amod |
| 11 | customer | customer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | you | Money | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | for a good loyal customer | tree rules |
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