Test 11 · The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss
Ellie's uncle says, "No boss shouting at me, sound as." ("Sound as" means really good.) What does he give up for that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: uncle, boss · What happens: say, shout, mean, give up · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 of lesson 32 «The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss» 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: Ellie's uncle says, "No boss shouting at me, sound as."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellie | Ellie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ellie | case |
| 3 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 boss | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 boss | punct |
| 7 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 boss | det |
| 8 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 9 | shouting | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 boss | acl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 me | case |
| 11 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 shouting | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sound | punct |
| 13 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 boss | conj |
| 14 | as | as | ADV | _ | 13 sound | advmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 boss | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 boss | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ellie's uncle | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | shout speech: express in a quote | gerund | no boss and sound not said here | at Ellie's uncle = uncle | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: ("Sound as" means really good.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sound | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sound | punct |
| 3 | Sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 means | mark |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 as | punct |
| 6 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 Sound | advcl |
| 7 | really | really | ADV | _ | 8 good | advmod |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 means | xcomp |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sound | punct |
| 10 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 3 Sound | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | good property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: What does he give up for that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 give | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 give | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 give | nsubj |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 give | compound:prt |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 that | case |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 give | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give up | present · do-support | uncle | for that | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Source |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Sick pay and a steady wage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 pay | amod |
| 2 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 wage | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 wage | det |
| 5 | steady | steady | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 wage | amod |
| 6 | wage | wage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pay | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Every penny of his profit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 penny | det |
| 2 | penny | penny | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 profit | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 profit | nmod:poss |
| 5 | profit | profit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 penny | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | profit | his = he | nom profit «possession intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Weekends with no customers ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Weekends | weekend | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 customers | case |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 customers | det |
| 4 | customers | customer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Weekends | nmod |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 1 Weekends | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The chance to choose his own hours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 chance | det |
| 2 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 choose | mark |
| 4 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 chance | acl |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 hours | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hours | amod |
| 7 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 choose | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | to-infinitive | hour | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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