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Test 8 · ★★ · The lemonade stand: cost, price, profit and loss

A Canadian kid at the stand says, "Your lemonade's sour, eh, I'm going to Tim's." (Tim Hortons is a big coffee chain in Canada.) What does this show?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Canadian kid, Tim Hortons, this · What happens: say, go, be, show · To what, where: Tim, big coffee chain, Canada · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ 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: A Canadian kid at the stand says, "Your lemonade's sour, eh, I'm going to Tim's."

detamodnsubjcasedetnmodpunctpunctnmod:possnmod:posscaseccomppunctdiscoursepunctnsubjauxccompcaseoblcasepunctpunctrootADETCanadianADJkidNOUNatADPtheDETstandNOUNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTYourPRONlemonadeNOUN'sPARTsourADJ,PUNCTehINTJ,PUNCTIPRON'mAUXgoingVERBtoADPTimPROPN'sPART.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 kiddet
2CanadianCanadianADJDegree=Pos3 kidamod
3kidkidNOUNNumber=Sing7 saysnsubj
4atatADP_6 standcase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 standdet
6standstandNOUNNumber=Sing3 kidnmod
7sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8,,PUNCT_13 sourpunct
9""PUNCT_13 sourpunct
10YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs11 lemonadenmod:poss
11lemonadelemonadeNOUNNumber=Sing13 sournmod:poss
12's'sPART_11 lemonadecase
13soursourADJDegree=Pos7 saysccomp
14,,PUNCT_15 ehpunct
15ehehINTJ_13 sourdiscourse
16,,PUNCT_19 goingpunct
17IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs19 goingnsubj
18'mbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin19 goingaux
19goinggoVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part7 saysccomp
20totoADP_21 Timcase
21TimTimPROPNNumber=Sing19 goingobl
22's'sPART_21 Timcase
23..PUNCT_19 goingpunct
24""PUNCT_19 goingpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresenta Canadian kid at the standvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2go in a quotepresent · progressivea Canadian kid at the stand = kidTimvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to tim=Initial_Location

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: (Tim Hortons is a big coffee chain in Canada.)

punctcompoundnsubjcopdetamodcompoundcasenmodpunctpunctroot(PUNCTTimPROPNHortonsPROPNisAUXaDETbigADJcoffeeNOUNchainNOUNinADPCanadaPROPN.PUNCT)PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_8 chainpunct
2TimTimPROPNNumber=Sing3 Hortonscompound
3HortonsHortonPROPNNumber=Plur8 chainnsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 chaincop
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 chaindet
6bigbigADJDegree=Pos8 chainamod
7coffeecoffeeNOUNNumber=Sing8 chaincompound
8chainchainNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
9ininADP_10 Canadacase
10CanadaCanadaPROPNNumber=Sing8 chainnmod
11..PUNCT_8 chainpunct
12))PUNCT_8 chainpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentTim Hortonsa big coffee chainCanadatree rules

Sentence 3: What does this show?

objauxnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONdoesAUXthisPRONshowVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 showobj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 showaux
3thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem4 shownsubj
4showshowVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 showpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1showpresent · do-supportthisvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient

The options

Option 1

Price is the only thing that matters

nsubjcopdetamodnsubjacl:relclrootPriceNOUNisAUXtheDETonlyADJthingNOUNthatPRONmattersVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PricepriceNOUNNumber=Sing5 thingnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 thingcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 thingdet
4onlyonlyADJDegree=Pos5 thingamod
5thingthingNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6thatthatPRONPronType=Rel7 mattersnsubj
7mattersmatterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 thingacl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentPricethe only thingtree rules
2matterpresentthe only thingvn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Quality matters: bad taste sends customers to rivals

nsubjpunctamodnsubjconjobjcaseoblrootQualityNOUNmattersVERB:PUNCTbadADJtasteNOUNsendsVERBcustomersNOUNtoADPrivalsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1QualityqualityNOUNNumber=Sing2 mattersnsubj
2mattersmatterVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3::PUNCT_6 sendspunct
4badbadADJDegree=Pos5 tasteamod
5tastetasteNOUNNumber=Sing6 sendsnsubj
6sendssendVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 mattersconj
7customerscustomerNOUNNumber=Plur6 sendsobj
8totoADP_9 rivalscase
9rivalsrivalNOUNNumber=Plur6 sendsobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1matterpresentQualityvn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2sendpresentbad tastecustomersrivalsvn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent customer=Theme to rival=Destination

Option 3

Canadians never buy lemonade from kids

nsubjadvmodobjcaseoblrootCanadiansNOUNneverADVbuyVERBlemonadeNOUNfromADPkidsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1CanadianscanadianNOUNNumber=Plur3 buynsubj
2neverneverADVPronType=Neg3 buyadvmod
3buybuyVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4lemonadelemonadeNOUNNumber=Sing3 buyobj
5fromfromADP_6 kidscase
6kidskidNOUNNumber=Plur3 buyobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not buypresentCanadianslemonadefrom kidsvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lemonade=Theme from kid=Source

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Sour lemonade always sells better

amodnsubjadvmodxcomprootSourADJlemonadeNOUNalwaysADVsellsVERBbetterADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SoursourADJDegree=Pos2 lemonadeamod
2lemonadelemonadeNOUNNumber=Sing4 sellsnsubj
3alwaysalwaysADVPronType=Tot4 sellsadvmod
4sellssellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5bettergoodADJDegree=Cmp4 sellsxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sellpresentSour lemonadealways, good propertyvn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent

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