Test 9 · ★★ · Saving for holidays and big things
Aunt in Wales says, "Come and stay, I'll give you a cwtch and a cuppa." ("Cwtch" is a Welsh word for a cuddle.) The hotel was 5 nights at £80, but they'd stay 4 nights. How much do they save?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Aunt, Cwtch, hotel · What happens: say, come, stay, give, be, save · To what, where: cwtch, you, Welsh word, 5 nights, much · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Aunt in Wales says, "Come and stay, I'll give you a cwtch and a cuppa."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 Wales | case |
| 3 | Wales | Wales | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Aunt | nmod |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Come | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Come | punct |
| 7 | Come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 stay | cc |
| 9 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 Come | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 give | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 give | nsubj |
| 12 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 give | aux |
| 13 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 Come | conj |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 give | iobj |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 cwtch | det |
| 16 | cwtch | cwtch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 give | obj |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 cuppa | cc |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 cuppa | det |
| 19 | cuppa | cuppa | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 cwtch | conj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 Come | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Aunt in Wales | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | come in a quote | infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | stay in a quote | infinitive | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | give in a quote | future | Aunt in Wales = aunt | a cwtch and a cuppa | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient cwtch=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: ("Cwtch" is a Welsh word for a cuddle.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 8 word | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Cwtch | punct |
| 3 | Cwtch | Cwtch | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 word | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Cwtch | punct |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 word | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 word | det |
| 7 | Welsh | welsh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 word | amod |
| 8 | word | word | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 cuddle | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 cuddle | det |
| 11 | cuddle | cuddle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 word | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 word | punct |
| 13 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 8 word | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Cwtch | a Welsh word | for a cuddle | tree rules |
Sentence 3: The hotel was 5 nights at £80, but they'd stay 4 nights.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hotel | det |
| 2 | hotel | hotel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nights | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 nights | cop |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 nights | nummod |
| 5 | nights | night | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 £ | case |
| 7 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 5 nights | nmod |
| 8 | 80 | 80 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 £ | nummod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 stay | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 stay | cc |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 stay | nsubj |
| 12 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 stay | aux |
| 13 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 £ | conj |
| 14 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 nights | nummod |
| 15 | nights | night | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 stay | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 nights | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the hotel | 5 nights | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stay | would | cwtch | night | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Sentence 4: How much do they save?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 much | advmod |
| 2 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 save | obj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 save | aux |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 save | nsubj |
| 5 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 save | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | present · do-support | cwtch | much | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
£400
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 400 | 400 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
£84
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 84 | 84 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
£240
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 240 | 240 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
£320
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 320 | 320 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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