Test 3 · ★ · Crypto and the stock market, simply
Grandad grumbles, "Market fell today — there goes my pension!" Should he panic?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Grandad, Market, my · What happens: grumble, fall, go, pension, panic · To what, where: pension · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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: Grandad grumbles, "Market fell today — there goes my pension!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 grumbles | nsubj |
| 2 | grumbles | grumble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 fell | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 fell | punct |
| 5 | Market | market | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fell | nsubj |
| 6 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 grumbles | ccomp |
| 7 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fell | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 goes | punct |
| 9 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 10 goes | expl |
| 10 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 grumbles | parataxis |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 pension | nmod:poss |
| 12 | pension | pension | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 goes | obj |
| 13 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 goes | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 grumbles | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grumble speech: other | present | Grandad | vn complain-37.8 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | fall in a quote | past | Market | today | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | go in a quote | present | my pension | there | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location pension=Theme | ||||
| 4 | pension in a quote | my | nom pension «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: Should he panic?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 panic | aux |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 panic | nsubj |
| 3 | panic | panic | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 panic | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | panic | should | Market | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
No, because pensions are never in shares
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 8 shares | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 shares | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 shares | mark |
| 4 | pensions | pension | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 shares | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 shares | cop |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 shares | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 shares | case |
| 8 | shares | share | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | pensions | shares | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, his pension is now worth £0 for ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 worth | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 pension | nmod:poss |
| 4 | pension | pension | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 worth | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 worth | cop |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 worth | advmod |
| 7 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 7 worth | obj |
| 9 | 0 | 0 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 £ | nummod |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 ever | case |
| 11 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 7 worth | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | his pension | now | worth property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | pension | his = he | nom pension «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Yes, markets never recover after a fall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 markets | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | markets | market | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 recover | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 recover | advmod |
| 5 | recover | recover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 fall | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fall | det |
| 8 | fall | fall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 recover | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not recover | present | markets | after a fall | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Over many years markets have usually risen, though not always
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Over | over | ADP | _ | 3 years | case |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 years | amod |
| 3 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 risen | obl |
| 4 | markets | market | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 risen | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 risen | aux |
| 6 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 7 risen | advmod |
| 7 | risen | rise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 always | punct |
| 9 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 11 always | mark |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 always | advmod |
| 11 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 risen | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rise | present · perfect · passive | markets | year | always, usually property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
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