Test 5 · ★★★ · What a bank does with your money and why banks lend Grandad, a bit salty about 2008, says, "The government should've let them banks sink." His neighbour says, "If they'd sunk, ordinary folk would've lost their savings." ("Salty" means bitter.) What's the fair summary?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, banks, neighbour, Salty, fair summary · What happens: say, let, sink, lose, save, mean · To what, where: them, ordinary folk · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 28 «What a bank does with your money and why banks lend» 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: Grandad, a bit salty about 2008, says, "The government should've let them banks sink."
nsubj punct det appos amod case obl punct punct punct det nsubj aux ccomp xcomp obj nsubj parataxis punct punct root Grandad PROPN , PUNCT a DET bit NOUN salty ADJ about ADP 2008 NUM , PUNCT says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT The DET government NOUN should AUX 've AUX let VERB them PRON banks NOUN sink VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 9 says nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 4 bit punct 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 bit det 4 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 1 Grandad appos 5 salty salty ADJ Degree=Pos 4 bit amod 6 about about ADP _ 7 2008 case 7 2008 2008 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 5 salty obl 8 , , PUNCT _ 1 Grandad punct 9 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 10 , , PUNCT _ 15 've punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 15 've punct 12 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 government det 13 government government NOUN Number=Sing 15 've nsubj 14 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 15 've aux 15 've have AUX VerbForm=Inf 9 says ccomp 16 let let VERB VerbForm=Inf 15 've xcomp 17 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 let obj 18 banks bank NOUN Number=Plur 19 sink nsubj 19 sink sink VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 let parataxis 20 . . PUNCT _ 9 says punct 21 " " PUNCT _ 9 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Grandad vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 let in a quote infinitive Grandad not said here them = they vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme 3 sink in a quote present banks vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
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: His neighbour says, "If they'd sunk, ordinary folk would've lost their savings."
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct mark nsubj aux advcl punct amod nsubj:pass aux aux ccomp nmod:poss obj punct punct root His PRON neighbour NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT If SCONJ they PRON 'd AUX sunk VERB , PUNCT ordinary ADJ folk NOUN would AUX 've AUX lost VERB their PRON savings NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 neighbour nmod:poss 2 neighbour neighbour NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 says punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 15 lost punct 6 If if SCONJ _ 9 sunk mark 7 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 sunk nsubj 8 'd have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 sunk aux 9 sunk sink VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 15 lost advcl 10 , , PUNCT _ 9 sunk punct 11 ordinary ordinary ADJ Degree=Pos 12 folk amod 12 folk folk NOUN Number=Sing 15 lost nsubj:pass 13 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 15 lost aux 14 've have AUX VerbForm=Inf 15 lost aux 15 lost lose VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 says ccomp 16 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 17 savings nmod:poss 17 savings savings NOUN Number=Ptan 15 lost obj 18 . . PUNCT _ 15 lost punct 19 " " PUNCT _ 15 lost punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Grandad's neighbour vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 sink a condition, not said to happen, in a quote past · perfect banks = bank vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient 3 lose in a quote would · perfect · passive ordinary folk tree rules 4 save in a quote banks = bank nom savings «possession transitive»: poss=agent
Sentence 3: ("Salty" means bitter.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Salty ADJ " PUNCT means VERB bitter ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Salty punct 3 Salty salty ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Salty punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 bitter bitter ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Salty bitter property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 4: What's the fair summary?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET fair ADJ summary NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 summary det 4 fair fair ADJ Degree=Pos 5 summary amod 5 summary summary NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the fair summary tree rules
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer People still argue about whether helping the banks was right
nsubj advmod parataxis mark mark advcl det obj cop root People NOUN still ADV argue VERB about SCONJ whether SCONJ helping VERB the DET banks NOUN was AUX right ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 People people NOUN Number=Plur 3 argue nsubj 2 still still ADV _ 3 argue advmod 3 argue argue VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 right parataxis 4 about about SCONJ _ 6 helping mark 5 whether whether SCONJ _ 6 helping mark 6 helping help VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 argue advcl 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 banks det 8 banks bank NOUN Number=Plur 6 helping obj 9 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 10 right cop 10 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 argue speech: disagree present People still vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 help gerund People not said here the banks vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bank=Beneficiary 3 is past right property tree rules
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Nothing happened to banks in 2008 at all
nsubj case obl case obl case nmod root Nothing PRON happened VERB to ADP banks NOUN in ADP 2008 NUM at ADP all DET The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 2 happened nsubj 2 happened happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 3 to to ADP _ 4 banks case 4 banks bank NOUN Number=Plur 2 happened obl 5 in in ADP _ 6 2008 case 6 2008 2008 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 2 happened obl 7 at at ADP _ 8 all case 8 all all DET PronType=Tot 6 2008 nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 happen past Nothing 2008 at all to banks vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in 2008=Location
Option 3 The neighbour is right and nobody disagrees
det nsubj cop cc nsubj conj root The DET neighbour NOUN is AUX right ADJ and CCONJ nobody PRON disagrees VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 neighbour det 2 neighbour neighbour NOUN Number=Sing 4 right nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 right cop 4 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 7 disagrees cc 6 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 7 disagrees nsubj 7 disagrees disagree VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 right conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present the neighbour right property tree rules 2 disagree present nobody vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 Grandad is right and every expert agrees
nsubj cop cc det nsubj conj root Grandad PROPN is AUX right ADJ and CCONJ every DET expert NOUN agrees VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 3 right nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 and and CCONJ _ 7 agrees cc 5 every every DET PronType=Tot 6 expert det 6 expert expert NOUN Number=Sing 7 agrees nsubj 7 agrees agree VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Grandad right property tree rules 2 agree speech: agree present every expert vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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