Test 2 · Taxes and the government's budget

Your cousin from Texas says, "Y'all don't pay for the doctor? That's wild, we got bills." ("Y'all" means you all.) What's true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, Y'all, That, we · What happens: say, not pay, be, get, mean · To what, where: bills, you · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 of lesson 36 «Taxes and the government's budget» 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: Your cousin from Texas says, "Y'all don't pay for the doctor?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 Texas	case
4	Texas	Texas	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cousin	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 pay	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 pay	punct
8	Y'all	y'all	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 pay	nsubj
9	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 pay	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 pay	advmod
11	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 says	ccomp
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 doctor	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 doctor	det
14	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pay	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	Your cousin from Texas						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not pay in a quote	present · do-support	Y'all					for the doctor	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for doctor=Theme

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: That's wild, we got bills."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 wild	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wild	cop
3	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct
5	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 got	nsubj
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wild	parataxis
7	bills	bill	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 got	obj
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 wild	punct
9	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 wild	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	That					wild property	tree rules
2	get	past	we	bills					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bill=Stimulus

Sentence 3: ("Y'all" means you all.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Y'all	punct
3	Y'all	Y'all	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Y'all	punct
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 means	obj
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 you	nmod:unmarked
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct
9	)	)	PUNCT	_	5 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Y'all	you					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic

Sentence 4: What's true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 true	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

In the UK the NHS is paid by taxes; other countries have different systems

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 UK	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 UK	det
3	UK	UK	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 paid	obl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 NHS	det
5	NHS	NHS	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 paid	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 paid	aux:pass
7	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 taxes	case
9	taxes	tax	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 paid	obl
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	13 have	punct
11	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 countries	amod
12	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 have	nsubj
13	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 paid	conj
14	different	different	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 systems	amod
15	systems	system	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present · passive	taxes	the NHS		the UK			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset
2	have	present	other countries	different systems					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent system=Patient

Option 2

Healthcare is free everywhere in the world

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Healthcare	healthcare	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 free	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 free	cop
3	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 free	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 world	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 world	det
7	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 free	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Healthcare			the world		everywhere, free property	tree rules

Option 3

Healthcare costs the same in every country

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Healthcare	healthcare	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 costs	nsubj
2	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 same	det
4	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 costs	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 country	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 country	det
7	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 costs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	present	Healthcare	the same		every country			vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme same=Value

Option 4

Americans never pay anything for doctors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Americans	American	PROPN	Number=Plur	3 pay	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 pay	advmod
3	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 pay	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 doctors	case
6	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 pay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not pay	infinitive	Americans	anything				for doctors	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent anything=Asset for doctor=Theme

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