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Test 7 · ★★★ · Inflation explained with a chocolate bar

Ruby goes, "TVs are cheaper than before, so inflation's fake!" What's the best reply?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby, TVs, best reply · What happens: go, be

This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: Ruby goes, "TVs are cheaper than before, so inflation's fake!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cheaper	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 cheaper	punct
5	TVs	tv	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cheaper	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cheaper	cop
7	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 goes	advcl
8	than	than	ADP	_	9 before	case
9	before	before	ADV	_	7 cheaper	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 fake	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 fake	advmod
12	inflation	inflation	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fake	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 inflation	case
14	fake	fake	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	parataxis
15	!	!	PUNCT	_	14 fake	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	Ruby						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	TVs					cheap property	tree rules

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 the best reply?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reply	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 reply	amod
5	reply	reply	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best reply						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She's right, inflation was made up by the news

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 made	punct
5	inflation	inflation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	nsubj:pass
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 made	aux:pass
7	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 right	parataxis
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 made	compound:prt
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 news	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 news	det
11	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She					right property	tree rules
2	make up	past · passive	the news	inflation					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Pivot

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Some things fall while most rise; inflation is the average

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 things	det
2	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fall	nsubj
3	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	6 rise	mark
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 rise	amod
6	rise	rise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fall	xcomp
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 average	punct
8	inflation	inflation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 average	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 average	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 average	det
11	average	average	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	some things	most rise					vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present	inflation	the average					tree rules

Option 3

TVs get dearer every year, so she's wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	TVs	tv	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 get	nsubj
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	dearer	dear	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 get	xcomp
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 year	det
5	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obl:unmarked
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wrong	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 wrong	advmod
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wrong	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 wrong	cop
10	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 get	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	TVs				year	dear property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	she					wrong property	tree rules

Option 4

TVs are the only thing that ever changes price

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	TVs	tv	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 thing	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thing	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 changes	nsubj
7	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 changes	advmod
8	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thing	acl:relcl
9	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 changes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	TVs	the only thing					tree rules
2	change	present	the only thing	price			ever		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Patient

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