Test 10 · Lending, sharing, charity and tipping Tom's mum says, "Could be any of us, Tom," buying a sandwich for a homeless man. Tom's mate says, "He should just get a job, innit." What's the fairer view?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, mate, fairer view · What happens: say, buy, get, be · To what, where: sandwich, job · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 of lesson 39 «Lending, sharing, charity and tipping» 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: Tom's mum says, "Could be any of us, Tom," buying a sandwich for a homeless man.
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct aux cop ccomp case nmod punct conj punct punct conj det obj case det amod obl punct root Tom PROPN 's PART mum NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Could AUX be AUX any DET of ADP us PRON , PUNCT Tom PROPN , PUNCT " PUNCT buying VERB a DET sandwich NOUN for ADP a DET homeless ADJ man NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tom Tom PROPN Number=Sing 3 mum nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Tom case 3 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 4 says nsubj 4 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 any punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 9 any punct 7 Could could AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 any aux 8 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 9 any cop 9 any any DET PronType=Ind 4 says ccomp 10 of of ADP _ 11 us case 11 us we PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 9 any nmod 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 Tom punct 13 Tom Tom PROPN Number=Sing 11 us conj 14 , , PUNCT _ 16 buying punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 16 buying punct 16 buying buy VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 says conj 17 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 18 sandwich det 18 sandwich sandwich NOUN Number=Sing 16 buying obj 19 for for ADP _ 22 man case 20 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 22 man det 21 homeless homeless ADJ Degree=Pos 22 man amod 22 man man NOUN Number=Sing 16 buying obl 23 . . PUNCT _ 4 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Tom's mum vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 buy gerund Tom's mum not said here a sandwich for a homeless man vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sandwich=Theme for man=Beneficiary
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: Tom's mate says, "He should just get a job, innit."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct punct nsubj aux advmod ccomp det obj punct conj punct punct root Tom PROPN 's PART mate NOUN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT He PRON should AUX just ADV get VERB a DET job NOUN , PUNCT innit NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Tom Tom PROPN Number=Sing 3 mate nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Tom 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 _ 10 get punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 10 get punct 7 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 get nsubj 8 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 10 get aux 9 just just ADV _ 10 get advmod 10 get get VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 says ccomp 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 12 job det 12 job job NOUN Number=Sing 10 get obj 13 , , PUNCT _ 14 innit punct 14 innit innit NOUN Number=Sing 12 job conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 10 get punct 16 " " PUNCT _ 10 get punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Tom's mate vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 get in a quote should mate a job and innit vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus
Sentence 3: What's the fairer view?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET fairer ADJ view NOUN ? PUNCT 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 5 view det 4 fairer fair ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 view amod 5 view view NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the fairer view tree rules
The options Option 1 Buying food for anyone is against the law
csubj obj case obl cop case det root Buying VERB food NOUN for ADP anyone PRON is AUX against ADP the DET law NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Buying buy VERB VerbForm=Ger 8 law csubj 2 food food NOUN Number=Sing 1 Buying obj 3 for for ADP _ 4 anyone case 4 anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 1 Buying obl 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 law cop 6 against against ADP _ 8 law case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 law det 8 law law NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 buy gerund food for anyone vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent food=Theme for anyone=Beneficiary 2 is present Buying against the law tree rules
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer People end up homeless for many reasons; kindness treats them with dignity
nsubj compound:prt xcomp case amod obl punct nsubj parataxis obj case obl root People NOUN end VERB up ADP homeless ADJ for ADP many ADJ reasons NOUN ; PUNCT kindness NOUN treats VERB them PRON with ADP dignity NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 People people NOUN Number=Plur 2 end nsubj 2 end end VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 up up ADP _ 2 end compound:prt 4 homeless homeless ADJ Degree=Pos 2 end xcomp 5 for for ADP _ 7 reasons case 6 many many ADJ Degree=Pos 7 reasons amod 7 reasons reason NOUN Number=Plur 2 end obl 8 ; ; PUNCT _ 10 treats punct 9 kindness kindness NOUN Number=Sing 10 treats nsubj 10 treats treat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 end parataxis 11 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 treats obj 12 with with ADP _ 13 dignity case 13 dignity dignity NOUN Number=Sing 10 treats obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 end up present People for many reasons; homeless property vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient 2 treat present kindness People with dignity vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient with dignity=Theme
Option 3 Homeless people are all rich in secret
amod nsubj cop advmod case obl root Homeless ADJ people NOUN are AUX all ADV rich ADJ in ADP secret NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Homeless homeless ADJ Degree=Pos 2 people amod 2 people people NOUN Number=Plur 5 rich nsubj 3 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 rich cop 4 all all ADV _ 5 rich advmod 5 rich rich ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 in in ADP _ 7 secret case 7 secret secret NOUN Number=Sing 5 rich obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Homeless people secret all, rich property tree rules
Option 4 He's right, it is always their own fault
nsubj cop punct nsubj cop advmod nmod:poss amod parataxis root He PRON 's AUX right ADJ , PUNCT it PRON is AUX always ADV their PRON own ADJ fault NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 10 fault punct 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 10 fault nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 fault cop 7 always always ADV PronType=Tot 10 fault advmod 8 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 fault nmod:poss 9 own own ADJ Degree=Pos 10 fault amod 10 fault fault NOUN Number=Sing 3 right parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He right property tree rules 2 is a present it their own fault always property tree rules
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