Test 11 · ★ · Crypto and the stock market, simply
Ruby's mate says, "Shares and the lottery are the same, innit." What's the difference?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, Shares, difference · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 38 «Crypto and the stock market, simply» 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's mate says, "Shares and the lottery are the same, innit."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ruby | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Shares | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Shares | punct |
| 7 | Shares | share | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 same | nsubj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 lottery | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lottery | det |
| 10 | lottery | lottery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Shares | conj |
| 11 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 same | cop |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 same | det |
| 13 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | ccomp |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 innit | punct |
| 15 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 same | parataxis |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 same | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ruby's mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Shares and the lottery | same 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 difference?
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 | 4 difference | det |
| 4 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the difference | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Shares can never go up or down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shares | share | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 go | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 go | advmod |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 down | cc |
| 7 | down | down | ADV | _ | 5 up | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go up | can | Shares | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A share is a piece of a real business; a lottery ticket is only a bet on chance
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 share | det |
| 2 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 piece | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 piece | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 piece | det |
| 5 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 business | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 business | det |
| 8 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 business | amod |
| 9 | business | business | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 piece | nmod |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 17 bet | punct |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 ticket | det |
| 12 | lottery | lottery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 ticket | compound |
| 13 | ticket | ticket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 bet | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 bet | cop |
| 15 | only | only | ADV | _ | 17 bet | advmod |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 bet | det |
| 17 | bet | bet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 piece | parataxis |
| 18 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 chance | case |
| 19 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 bet | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a share | a piece | of a real business | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is a | present | a lottery ticket | a bet | chance | tree rules |
Option 3
Both always lose all your money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 lose | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 lose | advmod |
| 3 | lose | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 money | det:predet |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 money | nmod:poss |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lose | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present | Both | your money | always property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality |
Option 4
Lottery tickets are pieces of companies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lottery | lottery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tickets | compound |
| 2 | tickets | ticket | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pieces | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 pieces | cop |
| 4 | pieces | piece | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 companies | case |
| 6 | companies | company | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pieces | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Lottery tickets | pieces | of companies | tree rules |
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