Test 3 · ★★ · Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries An American cousin says, "My dad's fixin' to buy a car, but with them tariffs it's gonna cost more, y'all." ("Fixin' to" means about to.) Why would it cost more?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: American cousin, cousin, Fixin, car · What happens: say, buy, tariff, be, mean, cost · To what, where: car, more · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 37 «Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries» 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: An American cousin says, "My dad's fixin' to buy a car, but with them tariffs it's gonna cost more, y'all."
det amod nsubj punct punct nmod:poss nmod:poss case ccomp punct mark advcl det obj punct cc case obl parataxis nsubj cop nsubj ccomp obj punct obj punct punct root An DET American ADJ cousin NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT My PRON dad NOUN 's PART fixin NOUN ' PUNCT to PART buy VERB a DET car NOUN , PUNCT but CCONJ with ADP them PRON tariffs VERB it PRON 's AUX gonna X cost VERB more ADJ , PUNCT y'all NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 cousin det 2 American American ADJ Degree=Pos 3 cousin amod 3 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 4 says punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 10 fixin punct 7 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 dad nmod:poss 8 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 10 fixin nmod:poss 9 's 's PART _ 8 dad case 10 fixin fixin NOUN Number=Sing 4 says ccomp 11 ' ' PUNCT _ 10 fixin punct 12 to to PART _ 13 buy mark 13 buy buy VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 says advcl 14 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 15 car det 15 car car NOUN Number=Sing 13 buy obj 16 , , PUNCT _ 20 tariffs punct 17 but but CCONJ _ 20 tariffs cc 18 with with ADP _ 19 them case 19 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 20 tariffs obl 20 tariffs tariff VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 says parataxis 21 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 24 cost nsubj 22 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 24 cost cop 23 gonna gonna X Foreign=Yes 24 cost nsubj 24 cost cost VERB Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 20 tariffs ccomp 25 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 24 cost obj 26 , , PUNCT _ 27 y'all punct 27 y'all y'all NOUN Number=Sing 24 cost obj 28 . . PUNCT _ 20 tariffs punct 29 " " PUNCT _ 20 tariffs punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present a American cousin vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 buy in a quote to-infinitive a American cousin not said here a car vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme 3 tariff in a quote present with them = they tree rules 4 is in a quote present cousin cost 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: ("Fixin' to" means about to.)
punct punct nsubj punct flat punct advmod fixed punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Fixin PROPN ' PUNCT to PART " PUNCT means VERB about ADV to PART . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 7 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Fixin punct 3 Fixin Fixin PROPN Number=Sing 7 means nsubj 4 ' ' PUNCT _ 3 Fixin punct 5 to to PART _ 3 Fixin flat 6 " " PUNCT _ 3 Fixin punct 7 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 about about ADV _ 7 means advmod 9 to to PART _ 8 about fixed 10 . . PUNCT _ 7 means punct 11 ) ) PUNCT _ 7 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Fixin about property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Why would it cost more?
advmod aux nsubj obj punct root Why ADV would AUX it PRON cost VERB more ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 4 cost advmod 2 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 cost aux 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 cost nsubj 4 cost cost VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 4 cost obj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 cost punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cost would car more vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Tariffs make all cars free in America
nsubj det obj xcomp case obl root Tariffs NOUN make VERB all DET cars NOUN free ADJ in ADP America PROPN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tariffs tariff NOUN Number=Plur 2 make nsubj 2 make make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 all all DET PronType=Tot 4 cars det 4 cars car NOUN Number=Plur 2 make obj 5 free free ADJ Degree=Pos 2 make xcomp 6 in in ADP _ 7 America case 7 America America PROPN Number=Sing 5 free obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present Tariffs all cars free property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset car=Product
Option 2 Tariffs only apply to bananas and T-shirts
nsubj advmod case obl cc compound punct conj root Tariffs NOUN only ADV apply VERB to ADP bananas NOUN and CCONJ T NOUN - PUNCT shirts NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tariffs tariff NOUN Number=Plur 3 apply nsubj 2 only only ADV _ 3 apply advmod 3 apply apply VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 to to ADP _ 5 bananas case 5 bananas banana NOUN Number=Plur 3 apply obl 6 and and CCONJ _ 9 shirts cc 7 T t NOUN Number=Sing 9 shirts compound 8 - - PUNCT _ 7 T punct 9 shirts shirt NOUN Number=Plur 5 bananas conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 apply present Tariffs to bananas and T shirts vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 3 Cars get cheaper the more tariffs there are
nsubj xcomp det amod obj expl conj root Cars NOUN get VERB cheaper ADJ the DET more ADJ tariffs NOUN there PRON are VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cars car NOUN Number=Plur 2 get nsubj 2 get get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 cheaper cheap ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 get xcomp 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 tariffs det 5 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 tariffs amod 6 tariffs tariff NOUN Number=Plur 2 get obj 7 there there PRON PronType=Dem 8 are expl 8 are be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 get conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get present Cars the more tariffs cheap property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tariff=Stimulus 2 be present Cars not said here there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer A tariff adds tax to imported cars or parts
det nsubj obj case amod obl cc conj root A DET tariff NOUN adds VERB tax NOUN to ADP imported VERB cars NOUN or CCONJ parts NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 tariff det 2 tariff tariff NOUN Number=Sing 3 adds nsubj 3 adds add VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 tax tax NOUN Number=Sing 3 adds obj 5 to to ADP _ 7 cars case 6 imported import VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 cars amod 7 cars car NOUN Number=Plur 3 adds obl 8 or or CCONJ _ 9 parts cc 9 parts part NOUN Number=Plur 7 cars conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 add speech: assert present a tariff tax to imported cars or parts vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent tax=Patient to car=Co-Patient 2 import participle vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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