Test 5 · Lending, sharing, charity and tipping
A man with a bucket on the street says he's from a charity but can't show anything. What should you do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: man, you · What happens: say, be, not show, do · To what, where: charity, anything · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 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: A man with a bucket on the street says he's from a charity but can't show anything.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 man | det |
| 2 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 says | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 bucket | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bucket | det |
| 5 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 man | nmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 street | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 street | det |
| 8 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bucket | nmod |
| 9 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 charity | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 charity | cop |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 charity | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 charity | det |
| 14 | charity | charity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 says | ccomp |
| 15 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 18 show | cc |
| 16 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 show | aux |
| 17 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 show | advmod |
| 18 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 says | conj |
| 19 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 18 show | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a man with a bucket on the street | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | man | a charity | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not show | can | a man with a bucket on the street not said here | anything | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anything=Recipient |
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 should you do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Follow him home to check his house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Follow | follow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Follow | obj |
| 3 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Follow | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 check | mark |
| 5 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Follow | advcl |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 house | nmod:poss |
| 7 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 check | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | imperative | you not said here | him = he | home property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 2 | check | to-infinitive | you not said here | his house | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Give only to charities you can check are registered
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 charities | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 charities | case |
| 4 | charities | charity | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 registered | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 check | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 check | aux |
| 7 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 charities | acl:relcl |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 registered | aux:pass |
| 9 | registered | register | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Give | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | check | can | you | charities not said here | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charity=Theme | ||||
| 3 | register | present · passive | charities | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
Give him everything in your pocket at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Give | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 pocket | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 pocket | nmod:poss |
| 6 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obl | ||
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 once | case |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | everything | him = he | your pocket | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient everything=Theme at once=Asset |
Option 4
Give him your parents' bank card
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 parents | nmod:poss |
| 4 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 card | nmod:poss |
| 5 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 4 parents | case |
| 6 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 card | compound |
| 7 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | your parents's bank card | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient card=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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