Test 7 · ★★ · The lemonade stand: cost, price, profit and loss
Ava wants to split the £8 profit 50-50, then Sam says, "I did more, gimme £6." ("Gimme" means give me.) If they had agreed 75-25 at the start, what would Sam get?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ava, Sam, Gimme, they · What happens: want, split, say, do, mean, give · To what, where: £ profit, more, me, 75-25, start · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: Ava wants to split the £8 profit 50-50, then Sam says, "I did more, gimme £6."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 split | mark |
| 4 | split | split | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 profit | det |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 8 profit | compound |
| 7 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 £ | nummod |
| 8 | profit | profit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 split | obj |
| 9 | 50-50 | 50-50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 profit | flat |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 says | punct |
| 11 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 says | advmod |
| 12 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 says | nsubj |
| 13 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 wants | parataxis |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 did | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 did | punct |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 did | nsubj |
| 17 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 says | ccomp |
| 18 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 17 did | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 gimme | punct |
| 20 | gimme | gimme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 says | ccomp |
| 21 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 20 gimme | nmod |
| 22 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 21 £ | nummod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Ava | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | split not said to happen | to-infinitive | Ava not said here | the £ profit | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent profit=Patient | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | Sam | then | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | do in a quote | past | Sam | more | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Eventuality |
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: ("Gimme" means give me.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Gimme | punct |
| 3 | Gimme | Gimme | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Gimme | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 means | ccomp |
| 7 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 give | iobj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 9 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Gimme | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | give | infinitive | me | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
Sentence 3: If they had agreed 75-25 at the start, what would Sam get?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 agreed | mark |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 agreed | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 agreed | aux |
| 4 | agreed | agree | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | 75-25 | 75-25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 agreed | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 start | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 start | det |
| 8 | start | start | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 agreed | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 get | punct |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 13 get | obj |
| 11 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 get | aux |
| 12 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 get | nsubj |
| 13 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 start | conj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 agreed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | past · perfect | they | 75-25 | the start | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent 75-25=Topic | |||
| 2 | get | would | Sam | the start | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
£8
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
£2
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
£4
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
£6
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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