Test 7 · The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss
In a cartoon, a kid buys "one share of McDonald's" and gets the keys to every restaurant. What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid, McDonald · What happens: buy, get, share, be · To what, where: one share, cartoon, keys
This is test 7 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: In a cartoon, a kid buys "one share of McDonald's" and gets the keys to every restaurant.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 buys | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kid | det |
| 6 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 buys | nsubj |
| 7 | buys | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 share | punct |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 share | nummod |
| 10 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 buys | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 McDonald | case |
| 12 | McDonald | McDonald | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 share | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 McDonald | case |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 share | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 gets | cc |
| 16 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 buys | conj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 keys | det |
| 18 | keys | key | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 gets | obj |
| 19 | to | to | ADP | _ | 21 restaurant | case |
| 20 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 21 restaurant | det |
| 21 | restaurant | restaurant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 gets | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 buys | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | present | a kid | McDonald's one share | a cartoon | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Theme | |||
| 2 | get | present | a kid not said here | the keys | to every restaurant | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer key=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | share in a quote | McDonald | nom share «possession transitive»: poss=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: What's wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nothing, one share gives you every restaurant
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 gives | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 share | nummod |
| 4 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gives | nsubj |
| 5 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 gives | iobj |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 restaurant | det |
| 8 | restaurant | restaurant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gives | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present | Nothing | every restaurant | you | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient restaurant=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
One share is a tiny piece of the company, not the whole thing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 share | nummod |
| 2 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 piece | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 piece | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 piece | det |
| 5 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 piece | amod |
| 6 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 company | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 company | det |
| 9 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 piece | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 thing | punct |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 thing | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 thing | det |
| 13 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 thing | amod |
| 14 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 piece | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | One share | a tiny piece and the whole thing | of the company | tree rules |
Option 3
Shares are tickets for free burgers for life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shares | share | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 tickets | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 tickets | cop |
| 3 | tickets | ticket | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 burgers | case |
| 5 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 burgers | amod |
| 6 | burgers | burger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 tickets | nmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 life | case |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tickets | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Shares | tickets | for free burgers; for life | tree rules |
Option 4
Shares are only sold to people who work there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shares | share | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sold | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sold | aux:pass |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 sold | advmod |
| 4 | sold | sell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 people | case |
| 6 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sold | obl:agent |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 work | nsubj |
| 8 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 people | acl:relcl |
| 9 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 work | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | present · passive | people | Shares | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | work | present | people | there | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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