Test 5 · ★★ · The lemonade stand: cost, price, profit and loss
In a game, your lemonade stand earns money even with no customers, as long as the sun is out. What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lemonade stand, sun · What happens: earn, be · To what, where: money, game
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 31 «The lemonade stand: cost, price, profit and loss» 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 game, your lemonade stand earns money even with no customers, as long as the sun is out.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 game | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 game | det |
| 3 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 earns | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 game | punct |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 stand | nmod:poss |
| 6 | lemonade | lemonade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stand | compound |
| 7 | stand | stand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 earns | nsubj |
| 8 | earns | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 earns | obj |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 13 customers | advmod |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 customers | case |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 13 customers | det |
| 13 | customers | customer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 earns | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 long | punct |
| 15 | as | as | ADV | _ | 16 long | advmod |
| 16 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 earns | advmod |
| 17 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 21 out | mark |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 sun | det |
| 19 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 out | nsubj |
| 20 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 out | cop |
| 21 | out | out | ADV | _ | 16 long | advcl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 earns | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | earn | present | your lemonade stand | money | a game | with no customers; long property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | ||
| 2 | is | present | the sun | out property | 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's wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nothing, real stands earn while nobody buys
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 stands | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 stands | amod |
| 4 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | earn | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stands | conj |
| 6 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 8 buys | mark |
| 7 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 buys | nsubj |
| 8 | buys | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stands | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present | Nothing | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | earn | present | Nothing not said here | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | buy | present | nobody | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Real stands earn money from the sun shining
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 stands | amod |
| 2 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 earn | advcl |
| 3 | earn | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 earn | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 sun | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sun | det |
| 7 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 earn | obl |
| 8 | shining | shine | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 earn | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | earn | present | money | the sun | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme from sun=Source | ||||
| 3 | shine | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
In real life money only comes in when customers buy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 money | case |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 money | amod |
| 3 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 money | compound |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 comes | obl |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 comes | advmod |
| 6 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 comes | compound:prt |
| 8 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 buy | advmod |
| 9 | customers | customer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 buy | nsubj |
| 10 | buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 comes | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in | present | real life money | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in money=Location | |||||
| 2 | buy | present | customers | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Real stands are paid by the council per hour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 stands | amod |
| 2 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 paid | advcl |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 paid | aux:pass |
| 4 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 council | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 council | det |
| 7 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 paid | obl |
| 8 | per | per | ADP | _ | 9 hour | case |
| 9 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 council | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present | the council per hour not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | pay | present · passive | the council per hour | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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