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Test 2 · The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss

The teacher says to Ben, "You're losing money, pal!" His prizes cost £15 and 20 kids played at 50p. What would fix it?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: teacher, Ben, prizes, 20 kids · What happens: say, lose, cost, play, fix · To what, where: Ben, money, 50 p, p · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 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: The teacher says to Ben, "You're losing money, pal!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 teacher	det
2	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 Ben	case
5	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 says	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 losing	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 losing	punct
8	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 losing	nsubj
9	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 losing	aux
10	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 says	ccomp
11	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 losing	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 pal	punct
13	pal	pal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 money	conj
14	!	!	PUNCT	_	10 losing	punct
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 losing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: express	present	the teacher		Ben				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to ben=Recipient clause=Topic
2	lose in a quote	present · progressive	Ben	money and pal					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=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: His prizes cost £15 and 20 kids played at 50p.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 prizes	nmod:poss
2	prizes	prize	NOUN	Number=Plur	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	15	15	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 £	nummod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 played	cc
7	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 kids	nummod
8	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 played	nsubj
9	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cost	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 p	case
11	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 p	nummod
12	p	p	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 played	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 cost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	present	Ben's prizes						vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme £=Value
2	play	past	20 kids			50 p			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Sentence 3: What would fix it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 fix	obj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 fix	aux
3	fix	fix	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fix	obj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fix	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	would		p					vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary it=Product

The options

Option 1

Charging less per go and adding prizes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Charging	charge	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 prizes	csubj
2	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Charging	obj
3	per	per	ADP	_	4 go	case
4	go	go	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Charging	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 adding	cc
6	adding	add	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 prizes	amod
7	prizes	prize	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge	gerund		less				per go	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location less=Theme
2	add speech: assert	gerund							vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Letting everyone play for free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Letting	let	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 play	csubj
2	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Letting	obj
3	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 free	case
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 play	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	gerund		everyone					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme
2	play	imperative	you not said here					for free	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for free=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Cheaper prizes or a higher price per go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 prizes	amod
2	prizes	prize	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 price	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 price	det
5	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 price	amod
6	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prizes	conj
7	per	per	ADP	_	8 go	case
8	go	go	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 price	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Giving away even bigger prizes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Giving	advmod
3	even	even	ADV	_	5 prizes	advmod
4	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 prizes	amod
5	prizes	prize	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Giving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give away	gerund		bigger prizes				away property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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