Test 7 · ★ · Debt, loans, credit cards and interest
In a game, your character buys everything on credit and the debt just vanishes at the next level. What's wrong with that?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: character, debt · What happens: buy, vanish, be · To what, where: everything, game, next level
This is test 7 · ★ 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: In a game, your character buys everything on credit and the debt just vanishes at the next level.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 game | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 buys | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 game | punct |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 character | nmod:poss |
| 6 | character | character | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 buys | nsubj |
| 7 | buys | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 buys | obj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 credit | case |
| 10 | credit | credit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 buys | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 vanishes | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 debt | det |
| 13 | debt | debt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 vanishes | nsubj |
| 14 | just | just | ADV | _ | 15 vanishes | advmod |
| 15 | vanishes | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 buys | conj |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 19 level | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 level | det |
| 18 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 level | amod |
| 19 | level | level | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 vanishes | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 buys | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | present | your character | everything | a game | on credit | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme | ||
| 2 | vanish | present | the debt | the next level | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 with that?
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 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 that | case |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 wrong | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | with that; wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Real debts get smaller each month on their own
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 debts | amod |
| 2 | debts | debt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 get | nsubj |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 get | xcomp |
| 5 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 month | det |
| 6 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 own | case |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 own | nmod:poss |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | Real debts | debts's own | month | small property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on own=Source |
Option 2
In real life the bank pays your debt for you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 life | case |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 life | amod |
| 3 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pays | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bank | det |
| 5 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pays | nsubj |
| 6 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 debt | nmod:poss |
| 8 | debt | debt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pays | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 you | case |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 pays | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | the bank | your debt | real life | for you | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent debt=Asset for you=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
In real life debt stays until it's paid back, often with interest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 debt | case |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 debt | amod |
| 3 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 debt | compound |
| 4 | debt | debt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stays | obl |
| 5 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 9 paid | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 paid | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 paid | aux:pass |
| 9 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 stays | advcl |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 paid | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 often | punct |
| 12 | often | often | ADV | _ | 5 stays | advmod |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 interest | case |
| 14 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stays | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present | real life debt | with interest; often property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in debt=Location | ||||
| 2 | pay back | present · passive | debt | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
Option 4
Nothing, real debts also vanish after a while
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 vanish | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 debts | punct |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 debts | amod |
| 4 | debts | debt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 5 | also | also | ADV | _ | 6 vanish | advmod |
| 6 | vanish | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 while | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 while | det |
| 9 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 vanish | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vanish | present | Nothing | while | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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