Test 8 · Lending, sharing, charity and tipping
Charlie's mate says, "Mate, you owe me a new one!" for the scratched £20 game. They settle on Charlie paying £10 — sorry, £12. How much does the mate cover?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, you, They, much · What happens: say, owe, scratch, settle, pay, do · To what, where: new one, mate, mate cover · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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: Charlie's mate says, "Mate, you owe me a new one!" for the scratched £20 game.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie | Charlie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Charlie | 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 Mate | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 Mate | punct |
| 7 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 owe | punct |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 owe | nsubj |
| 10 | owe | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | parataxis |
| 11 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 owe | iobj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 one | det |
| 13 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 one | amod |
| 14 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 owe | obj |
| 15 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 14 one | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 one | punct |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 game | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 game | det |
| 19 | scratched | scratch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 22 game | amod |
| 20 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 22 game | compound |
| 21 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 20 £ | nummod |
| 22 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 one | nmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | present | Charlie's mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | owe in a quote | present | you | a new one | Charlie's mate = mate | for the scratched £ game | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent i=Goal one=Theme | ||
| 3 | scratch | participle | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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: They settle on Charlie paying £10 — sorry, £12.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 settle | nsubj |
| 2 | settle | settle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 Charlie | case |
| 4 | Charlie | Charlie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 settle | obl |
| 5 | paying | pay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 settle | advcl |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 5 paying | obj |
| 7 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 £ | nummod |
| 8 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 sorry | punct |
| 9 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 settle | parataxis |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 £ | punct |
| 11 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 9 sorry | obl |
| 12 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 £ | nummod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 settle | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | settle | present | They | on Charlie | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on charlie=Topic | ||||
| 2 | pay | gerund | They not said here | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Asset |
Sentence 3: How much does the mate cover?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 much | advmod |
| 2 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 does | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cover | det |
| 5 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cover | compound |
| 6 | cover | cover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 does | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 does | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | much | the mate cover | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cover=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
£10
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
£20
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
£12
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
£8
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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