Test 2 · ★★ · Saving for holidays and big things

Gran, from the Black Country, says, "I've put a tenner by every wik since January, bostin'!" ("Bostin'" means brilliant; "wik" means week.) If she started 30 weeks ago, how much has she saved?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gran, Bostin, wik · What happens: say, put, mean, start, save · To what, where: tenner · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Saving for holidays and big things» 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: Gran, from the Black Country, says, "I've put a tenner by every wik since January, bostin'!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 Country	punct
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 Country	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Country	det
5	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Country	compound
6	Country	Country	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Gran	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Gran	punct
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 put	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 put	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 put	nsubj
12	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 put	aux
13	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 says	ccomp
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 tenner	det
15	tenner	tenner	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 put	obj
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 wik	case
17	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	18 wik	det
18	wik	wik	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 put	obl
19	since	since	ADP	_	20 January	case
20	January	January	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 put	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 bostin	punct
22	bostin	bostin	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 put	obl
23	'	'	PUNCT	_	22 bostin	punct
24	!	!	PUNCT	_	13 put	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	Gran and the Black Country						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	put in a quote	present · perfect	Gran and the Black Country = gran	a tenner			january	by every wik; bostin obl	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tenner=Theme by wik=Destination

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: ("Bostin'" means brilliant; "wik" means week.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Bostin	punct
3	Bostin	Bostin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 means	nsubj
4	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 Bostin	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Bostin	punct
6	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 means	xcomp
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	12 means	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 wik	punct
10	wik	wik	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 means	nsubj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 wik	punct
12	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 means	conj
13	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 means	obj
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct
15	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Bostin					brilliant property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	mean	present	wik				week		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: If she started 30 weeks ago, how much has she saved?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 started	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 started	nsubj
3	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 saved	advcl
4	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 weeks	nummod
5	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ago	obl:unmarked
6	ago	ago	ADV	_	3 started	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 has	punct
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 much	advmod
9	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 has	nsubj
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 saved	aux
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 saved	nsubj
12	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 saved	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	start a condition, not said to happen	past	wik					ago property	vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	save	present · perfect	wik						vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

£520

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	£	£	SYM	_	root	root
2	520	520	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 £	nummod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

£30

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	£	£	SYM	_	root	root
2	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 £	nummod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

£300

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	£	£	SYM	_	root	root
2	300	300	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 £	nummod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

£130

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	£	£	SYM	_	root	root
2	130	130	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 £	nummod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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