Test 6 · A bank account and a debit card
Kai says, "It's like magic, bro, £4 just turns up every Saturday!" What's really happening?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kai, It, bro · What happens: say, be, turn up, happen · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 of lesson 26 «A bank account and a debit card» 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: Kai says, "It's like magic, bro, £4 just turns up every Saturday!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 magic | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 magic | punct |
| 5 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 magic | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 magic | cop |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 magic | case |
| 8 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 turns | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bro | punct |
| 10 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 turns | nsubj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 £ | punct |
| 12 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 10 bro | appos |
| 13 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 £ | nummod |
| 14 | just | just | ADV | _ | 15 turns | advmod |
| 15 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 Saturday | advcl |
| 16 | up | up | ADP | _ | 15 turns | compound:prt |
| 17 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 Saturday | det |
| 18 | Saturday | Saturday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 19 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 18 Saturday | punct |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | present | Kai | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | It | like magic | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | turn up in a quote | present | bro | vn appear-48.1.1 «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 really happening?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happening | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 happening | aux |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 happening | advmod |
| 4 | happening | happen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happening | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present · progressive | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The bank prints £4 for every child each week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bank | det |
| 2 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 prints | nsubj |
| 3 | prints | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root | |
| 4 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 3 prints | obj |
| 5 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 £ | nummod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 child | case |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 child | det |
| 8 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 prints | obl |
| 9 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 week | det |
| 10 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 prints | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | present | the bank | week | for every child | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme |
Option 2
It's a mistake, and the bank will take it back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mistake | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mistake | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mistake | det |
| 4 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 take | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 take | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bank | det |
| 8 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 take | nsubj |
| 9 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 take | aux |
| 10 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 mistake | parataxis |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 take | obj |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 10 take | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a mistake | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take back | future | the bank | mistake | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
Kai's card makes new money if he waits a week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 card | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Kai | case |
| 3 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | nsubj |
| 4 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 money | amod |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 makes | obj |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 waits | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 waits | nsubj |
| 9 | waits | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 makes | advcl |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 week | det |
| 11 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 waits | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Kai's card | new money | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset money=Product | ||||
| 2 | wait a condition, not said to happen | present | card | week | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A standing order sends the money automatically from a parent's account
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 order | det |
| 2 | standing | standing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 order | compound |
| 3 | order | order | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sends | nsubj |
| 4 | sends | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 money | det |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sends | obj |
| 7 | automatically | automatically | ADV | _ | 4 sends | advmod |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 account | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 parent | det |
| 10 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 account | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 parent | case |
| 12 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sends | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | present | a standing order | the money | a parent's account | automatically property | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent money=Theme from account=Initial_Location | ||
| 2 | account | a parent | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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