Test 9 · ★★ · The lemonade stand: cost, price, profit and loss They sell 10 biscuits at 30p. Sam says, "Biscuits made us £3 profit." The pack cost £1. Is he right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: They, Sam, Biscuits, pack · What happens: sell, say, make, cost, be · To what, where: 10 biscuits, 30 p, £ 3 profit, us · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: They sell 10 biscuits at 30p.
nsubj nummod obj case nummod obl punct root They PRON sell VERB 10 NUM biscuits NOUN at ADP 30 NUM p NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 sell nsubj 2 sell sell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 10 10 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 biscuits nummod 4 biscuits biscuit NOUN Number=Plur 2 sell obj 5 at at ADP _ 7 p case 6 30 30 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 p nummod 7 p p NOUN Number=Sing 2 sell obl 8 . . PUNCT _ 2 sell punct
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1 sell present They 10 biscuits 30 p vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent biscuit=Theme at p=Asset
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: Sam says, "Biscuits made us £3 profit."
nsubj punct punct nsubj ccomp obj compound nummod obj punct punct root Sam PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Biscuits NOUN made VERB us PRON £ SYM 3 NUM profit NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sam Sam PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 made punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 6 made punct 5 Biscuits biscuit NOUN Number=Plur 6 made nsubj 6 made make VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 says ccomp 7 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 made obj 8 £ £ SYM _ 10 profit compound 9 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 10 profit nummod 10 profit profit NOUN Number=Sing 6 made obj 11 . . PUNCT _ 2 says punct 12 " " PUNCT _ 2 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Sam vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 make in a quote past Biscuits £ 3 profit us vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset we=Beneficiary profit=Product
Sentence 3: The pack cost £1.
det nsubj obj nummod punct root The DET pack NOUN cost VERB £ SYM 1 NUM . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 pack det 2 pack pack NOUN Number=Sing 3 cost nsubj 3 cost cost VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 £ £ SYM _ 3 cost obj 5 1 1 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 £ nummod 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 cost punct
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1 cost present the pack vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme £=Value
Sentence 4: Is he right?
cop nsubj punct root Is AUX he PRON right ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 right punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present pack right property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer No, £3 is the takings; profit is £2
discourse punct compound nummod cop det punct nsubj cop acl:relcl nummod root No INTJ , PUNCT £ SYM 3 NUM is AUX the DET takings NOUN ; PUNCT profit NOUN is AUX £ SYM 2 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 7 takings discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 £ £ SYM _ 7 takings compound 4 3 3 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 3 £ nummod 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 takings cop 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 takings det 7 takings taking NOUN Number=Plur root root 8 ; ; PUNCT _ 7 takings punct 9 profit profit NOUN Number=Sing 11 £ nsubj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 £ cop 11 £ £ SYM _ 7 takings acl:relcl 12 2 2 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 11 £ nummod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the £ takings tree rules
Option 2 No, the profit is £4, adding the pack
discourse punct det nsubj cop nummod punct advcl det obj root No INTJ , PUNCT the DET profit NOUN is AUX £ SYM 4 NUM , PUNCT adding VERB the DET pack NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 4 profit discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 profit det 4 profit profit NOUN Number=Sing 6 £ nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 £ cop 6 £ £ SYM _ root root 7 4 4 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 £ nummod 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 adding punct 9 adding add VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 £ advcl 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 pack det 11 pack pack NOUN Number=Sing 9 adding obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 add speech: assert gerund the pack vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pack=Patient
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice No, the biscuits made a loss of £1
discourse punct det nsubj det obj case nmod nummod root No INTJ , PUNCT the DET biscuits NOUN made VERB a DET loss NOUN of ADP £ SYM 1 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no INTJ Polarity=Neg 5 made discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 No punct 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 biscuits det 4 biscuits biscuit NOUN Number=Plur 5 made nsubj 5 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 loss det 7 loss loss NOUN Number=Sing 5 made obj 8 of of ADP _ 9 £ case 9 £ £ SYM _ 7 loss nmod 10 1 1 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 9 £ nummod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make past the biscuits a loss vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material loss=Product
Option 4 Yes, takings and profit are the same thing
discourse punct nsubj cc conj cop det amod root Yes INTJ , PUNCT takings NOUN and CCONJ profit NOUN are AUX the DET same ADJ thing NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Yes yes INTJ Polarity=Pos 9 thing discourse 2 , , PUNCT _ 1 Yes punct 3 takings taking NOUN Number=Plur 9 thing nsubj 4 and and CCONJ _ 5 profit cc 5 profit profit NOUN Number=Sing 3 takings conj 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 thing cop 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 thing det 8 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 9 thing amod 9 thing thing NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present takings and profit the same thing tree rules
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