Test 8 · ★ · Crypto and the stock market, simply
In a cartoon, a boy buys one share and becomes boss of the whole company. What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: buy, become, be · To what, where: one share, cartoon, boss
This is test 8 · ★ 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: In a cartoon, a boy buys one share and becomes boss of the whole company.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 buys | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 boy | det |
| 6 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 buys | nsubj |
| 7 | buys | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 share | nummod |
| 9 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 buys | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 becomes | cc |
| 11 | becomes | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 buys | conj |
| 12 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 becomes | xcomp |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 company | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 company | det |
| 15 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 company | amod |
| 16 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 boss | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 buys | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | present | a boy | one share | a cartoon | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Theme | |||
| 2 | become | present | a boy not said here | boss of the whole company | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
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 wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Shares are only for buying sweets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shares | share | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 buying | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 buying | aux |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 buying | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 5 buying | mark |
| 5 | buying | buy | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 buying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | present · progressive | Shares | sweets | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
One share is a tiny piece; the company has lots of owners
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 share | nummod |
| 2 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 piece | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 piece | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 piece | det |
| 5 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 piece | amod |
| 6 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 has | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 company | det |
| 9 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 has | nsubj |
| 10 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 piece | acl:relcl |
| 11 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 has | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 owners | case |
| 13 | owners | owner | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 lots | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | One share | a tiny piece | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | present | the company | lots of owners | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |
Option 3
Bosses are chosen by a coin flip each morning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bosses | boss | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 chosen | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 chosen | aux:pass |
| 3 | chosen | choose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 flip | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 flip | det |
| 6 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 flip | compound |
| 7 | flip | flip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chosen | obl |
| 8 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 morning | det |
| 9 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chosen | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | present · passive | Bosses | morning | by a coin flip | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Nothing, one share makes you the boss
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 share | nummod |
| 4 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | nsubj |
| 5 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 makes | obj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 boss | det |
| 8 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Nothing | you | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product |
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