Test 3 · ★★ · Interest on savings and cash machines
A cousin from the Highlands says, "Ma granny's savings went fae £100 tae £110, and the next year she got the 10% on the hale £110." ("Fae" means from; "tae" means to; "hale" means whole.) What does she have now?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, granny savings, Fae, tae, hale · What happens: say, go, get, mean, have · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Interest on savings and cash machines» 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: A cousin from the Highlands says, "Ma granny's savings went fae £100 tae £110, and the next year she got the 10% on the hale £110."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 cousin | det |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 Highlands | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Highlands | det |
| 5 | Highlands | Highland | PROPN | Number=Plur | 2 cousin | nmod |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 went | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 went | punct |
| 9 | Ma | ma | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 granny | compound |
| 10 | granny | granny | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 savings | compound |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 granny | case |
| 12 | savings | savings | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 13 went | nsubj |
| 13 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 says | ccomp |
| 14 | fae | fae | X | Foreign=Yes | 15 £ | nsubj |
| 15 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 13 went | obl |
| 16 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 £ | nummod |
| 17 | tae | tae | ADP | Foreign=Yes | 18 £ | case |
| 18 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 13 went | obl |
| 19 | 110 | 110 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 18 £ | nummod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 got | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 26 got | cc |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 year | det |
| 23 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 year | amod |
| 24 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 got | obl:unmarked |
| 25 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 got | nsubj |
| 26 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 says | conj |
| 27 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 29 % | det |
| 28 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 29 % | nummod |
| 29 | % | % | SYM | Number=Sing | 26 got | obj |
| 30 | on | on | ADP | _ | 33 £ | case |
| 31 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 33 £ | det |
| 32 | hale | hale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 33 £ | amod |
| 33 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 26 got | obl |
| 34 | 110 | 110 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 33 £ | nummod |
| 35 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| 36 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a cousin from the Highlands | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go in a quote | past | granny savings | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | get in a quote | past | cousin | year | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent %=Theme on £=Source |
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: ("Fae" means from; "tae" means to; "hale" means whole.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Fae | punct |
| 3 | Fae | Fae | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Fae | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 means | obj |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 means | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 tae | punct |
| 9 | tae | tae | X | Foreign=Yes | 11 means | nsubj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 tae | punct |
| 11 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 means | conj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 means | xcomp |
| 13 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 means | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 hale | punct |
| 15 | hale | hale | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 means | nsubj |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 hale | punct |
| 17 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 means | conj |
| 18 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 means | xcomp |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 20 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Fae | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent from=Topic | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | tae | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | mean | present | hale | whole property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: What does she have now?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 have | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 have | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 have | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · do-support | hale | now | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
£121
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 121 | 121 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
£120
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 120 | 120 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
£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.
Option 4
£111
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 111 | 111 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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