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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.

casedetoblpunctnmod:possnsubjobjcaseoblccdetnsubjadvmodconjcasedetamodoblpunctrootInADPaDETgameNOUN,PUNCTyourPRONcharacterNOUNbuysVERBeverythingPRONonADPcreditNOUNandCCONJtheDETdebtNOUNjustADVvanishesVERBatADPtheDETnextADJlevelNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 gamecase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 gamedet
3gamegameNOUNNumber=Sing7 buysobl
4,,PUNCT_3 gamepunct
5youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 characternmod:poss
6charactercharacterNOUNNumber=Sing7 buysnsubj
7buysbuyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8everythingeverythingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot7 buysobj
9ononADP_10 creditcase
10creditcreditNOUNNumber=Sing7 buysobl
11andandCCONJ_15 vanishescc
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 debtdet
13debtdebtNOUNNumber=Sing15 vanishesnsubj
14justjustADV_15 vanishesadvmod
15vanishesvanishVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 buysconj
16atatADP_19 levelcase
17thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art19 leveldet
18nextnextADJDegree=Pos19 levelamod
19levellevelNOUNNumber=Sing15 vanishesobl
20..PUNCT_7 buyspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1buypresentyour charactereverythinga gameon creditvn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme
2vanishpresentthe debtthe next levelvn 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?

nsubjcopcaseoblpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXwrongADJwithADPthatPRON?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 wrongnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 wrongcop
3wrongwrongADJDegree=Posrootroot
4withwithADP_5 thatcase
5thatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem3 wrongobl
6??PUNCT_3 wrongpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentwith that; wrong propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Real debts get smaller each month on their own

amodnsubjxcompdetobl:unmarkedcasenmod:possoblrootRealADJdebtsNOUNgetVERBsmallerADJeachDETmonthNOUNonADPtheirPRONownADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1RealrealADJDegree=Pos2 debtsamod
2debtsdebtNOUNNumber=Plur3 getnsubj
3getgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4smallersmallADJDegree=Cmp3 getxcomp
5eacheachDETPronType=Tot6 monthdet
6monthmonthNOUNNumber=Sing3 getobl:unmarked
7ononADP_9 owncase
8theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs9 ownnmod:poss
9ownownADJDegree=Pos3 getobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1getpresentReal debtsdebts's ownmonthsmall propertyvn 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

caseamodobldetnsubjnmod:possobjcaseoblrootInADPrealADJlifeNOUNtheDETbankNOUNpaysVERByourPRONdebtNOUNforADPyouPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 lifecase
2realrealADJDegree=Pos3 lifeamod
3lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing6 paysobl
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 bankdet
5bankbankNOUNNumber=Sing6 paysnsubj
6payspayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs8 debtnmod:poss
8debtdebtNOUNNumber=Sing6 paysobj
9forforADP_10 youcase
10youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs6 paysobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1paypresentthe bankyour debtreal lifefor youvn 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

caseamodcompoundoblmarknsubj:passaux:passadvcladvmodpunctadvmodcaseoblrootInADPrealADJlifeNOUNdebtNOUNstaysVERBuntilSCONJitPRON'sAUXpaidVERBbackADV,PUNCToftenADVwithADPinterestNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_4 debtcase
2realrealADJDegree=Pos4 debtamod
3lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing4 debtcompound
4debtdebtNOUNNumber=Sing5 staysobl
5staysstayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6untiluntilSCONJ_9 paidmark
7ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 paidnsubj:pass
8'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 paidaux:pass
9paidpayVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 staysadvcl
10backbackADV_9 paidadvmod
11,,PUNCT_12 oftenpunct
12oftenoftenADV_5 staysadvmod
13withwithADP_14 interestcase
14interestinterestNOUNNumber=Sing5 staysobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1staypresentreal life debtwith interest; often propertyvn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in debt=Location
2pay backpresent · passivedebtvn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 4

Nothing, real debts also vanish after a while

nsubjpunctamodconjadvmodcasedetoblrootNothingPRON,PUNCTrealADJdebtsNOUNalsoADVvanishVERBafterADPaDETwhileNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg6 vanishnsubj
2,,PUNCT_4 debtspunct
3realrealADJDegree=Pos4 debtsamod
4debtsdebtNOUNNumber=Plur1 Nothingconj
5alsoalsoADV_6 vanishadvmod
6vanishvanishVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7afterafterADP_9 whilecase
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 whiledet
9whilewhileNOUNNumber=Sing6 vanishobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1vanishpresentNothingwhilevn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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