Test 4 · ★★★ · Inflation explained with a chocolate bar
Mum, sarcastic: "Brilliant, cheers," when rates go up and her mortgage rises from £600 to £700. Grandad, with savings, is pleased. Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: rates, mortgage, her, Grandad · What happens: go up, rise, mortgage, be
This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 34 «Inflation explained with a chocolate bar» 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: Mum, sarcastic: "Brilliant, cheers," when rates go up and her mortgage rises from £600 to £700.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Brilliant | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sarcastic | punct |
| 3 | sarcastic | sarcastic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mum | conj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Brilliant | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Brilliant | punct |
| 6 | Brilliant | brilliant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 cheers | punct |
| 8 | cheers | cheer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 Brilliant | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 cheers | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 cheers | punct |
| 11 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 go | advmod |
| 12 | rates | rate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 go | nsubj |
| 13 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 Brilliant | advcl |
| 14 | up | up | ADV | _ | 13 go | advmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 rises | cc |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 mortgage | nmod:poss |
| 17 | mortgage | mortgage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 rises | nsubj |
| 18 | rises | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 Brilliant | conj |
| 19 | from | from | ADP | _ | 20 £ | case |
| 20 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 18 rises | obl |
| 21 | 600 | 600 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 20 £ | nummod |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 £ | case |
| 23 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 18 rises | obl |
| 24 | 700 | 700 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 23 £ | nummod |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 Brilliant | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go up | present | rates | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 2 | rise | present | her mortgage | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from £=Initial_Location to £=Destination | |||||
| 3 | mortgage | her = she | nom mortgage «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: Grandad, with savings, is pleased.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 pleased | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 savings | punct |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 savings | case |
| 4 | savings | savings | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 1 Grandad | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Grandad | punct |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 pleased | cop |
| 7 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 pleased | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Grandad and savings | pleased property | tree rules |
Sentence 3: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Mum is truly happy and Grandad is only being sarcastic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 happy | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 happy | cop |
| 3 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 4 happy | advmod |
| 4 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 sarcastic | cc |
| 6 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 sarcastic | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 sarcastic | cop |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 sarcastic | advmod |
| 9 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 sarcastic | cop |
| 10 | sarcastic | sarcastic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 happy | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Mum | happy, truly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Grandad | sarcastic property | tree rules |
Option 2
Higher rates make Grandad's savings smaller and smaller
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Higher | high | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 rates | amod |
| 2 | rates | rate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | nsubj |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 savings | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Grandad | case |
| 6 | savings | savings | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 3 make | obj |
| 7 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 make | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 smaller | cc |
| 9 | smaller | small | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 smaller | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Higher rates | Grandad's savings | small property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset savings=Product | |||
| 2 | save | Grandad | nom savings «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Higher rates make loans dearer but savings earn more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Higher | high | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 rates | amod |
| 2 | rates | rate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | nsubj |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | loans | loan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | obj |
| 5 | dearer | dear | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 make | xcomp |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 earn | cc |
| 7 | savings | savings | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 8 earn | nsubj |
| 8 | earn | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | conj |
| 9 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 earn | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Higher rates | loans | dear property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset loan=Product | |||
| 2 | earn | present | savings | more | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme |
Option 4
Higher rates help everyone equally, whether they borrow or save
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Higher | high | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 rates | amod |
| 2 | rates | rate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 help | nsubj |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 help | obj |
| 5 | equally | equally | ADV | _ | 3 help | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 borrow | punct |
| 7 | whether | whether | SCONJ | _ | 9 borrow | mark |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 borrow | nsubj |
| 9 | borrow | borrow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 help | parataxis |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 save | cc |
| 11 | save | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 borrow | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | Higher rates | everyone | equally property | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | borrow | present | rates = rate | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | save | present | rates = rate not said here | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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