Test 7 · A bank account and a debit card
In a cartoon, a boy loses his card and says, "Oh well, it's just plastic." What should he really do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, card · What happens: lose, say, be, do · To what, where: card, cartoon, plastic · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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: In a cartoon, a boy loses his card and says, "Oh well, it's just plastic."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 loses | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 boy | det |
| 6 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 loses | nsubj |
| 7 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 card | nmod:poss |
| 9 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 loses | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 says | cc |
| 11 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 loses | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 plastic | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 plastic | punct |
| 14 | Oh | oh | INTJ | _ | 20 plastic | discourse |
| 15 | well | well | INTJ | _ | 14 Oh | discourse |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Oh | punct |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 plastic | nsubj |
| 18 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 plastic | cop |
| 19 | just | just | ADV | _ | 20 plastic | advmod |
| 20 | plastic | plastic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 says | ccomp |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 loses | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 loses | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present | a boy | boy's card | a cartoon | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | a boy not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | card | plastic | tree rules |
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 should he really do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 do | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 do | advmod |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | boy | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Nothing, lost cards stop working by themselves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 lost | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 cards | amod |
| 4 | cards | card | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stop | nsubj |
| 5 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | working | work | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 stop | xcomp |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 themselves | case |
| 8 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 6 working | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | stop | present | lost cards | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | work | gerund | lost cards not said here | by cards = card | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell the bank quickly so they freeze it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bank | det |
| 3 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Tell | advmod |
| 5 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 freeze | mark |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 freeze | nsubj |
| 7 | freeze | freeze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 freeze | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the bank | quickly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent bank=Recipient | |||
| 2 | freeze | present | they | bank | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient it=Result |
Option 3
Wait until the next birthday for a new one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | until | until | ADP | _ | 5 birthday | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 birthday | det |
| 4 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 birthday | amod |
| 5 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 one | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 one | det |
| 8 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 one | amod |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | until the next birthday | for a new one | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Make a new card out of cardboard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 card | det |
| 3 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 card | amod |
| 4 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | obj |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 cardboard | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 cardboard | case |
| 7 | cardboard | cardboard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | a new card | cardboard | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset card=Product |
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