Test 6 · ★ · Swaps and barter in the playground

What would happen if there were no money at all and you wanted bread?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: money, you · What happens: happen, be, want · To what, where: bread

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 4 «Swaps and barter in the playground» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 were	mark
5	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 were	expl
6	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 money	det
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 were	nsubj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 all	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 money	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wanted	cc
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 wanted	nsubj
13	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 were	conj
14	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wanted	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	happen	would				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	be a condition, not said to happen	past	no money at all		there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	want	past	you	bread		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot bread=Theme

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

You'd have to find a baker who wants something you have

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 have	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 have	aux
3	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 find	mark
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 have	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 baker	det
7	baker	baker	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 wants	nsubj
9	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 baker	acl:relcl
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 wants	obj
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 have	nsubj
12	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 something	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	would	You		tree rules
2	find	to-infinitive	You not said here	a baker	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baker=Topic
3	want	present	a baker	something	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot something=Theme
4	have	present	you		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The bread would cost exactly one sticker, the same everywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bread	det
2	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cost	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 cost	aux
4	cost	cost	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 one	advmod
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 sticker	nummod
7	sticker	sticker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cost	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cost	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 same	det
10	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 cost	obj
11	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 cost	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	would	the bread	one sticker				everywhere property	vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme sticker=Beneficiary same=Value

Option 3

You'd pay the baker with a promise to smile and say thank you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 pay	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 pay	aux
3	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 baker	det
5	baker	baker	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pay	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 promise	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 promise	det
8	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pay	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 smile	mark
10	smile	smile	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 promise	acl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 say	cc
12	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 pay	conj
13	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pay	conj
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 thank	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	pay	would	You	the baker		with a promise	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baker=Asset
2	smile	to-infinitive	You not said here				vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	say speech: assert	infinitive	You not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	thank speech: thank	present	You not said here		you		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 4

You'd get bread free from any shop, because nobody could charge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 get	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obj
5	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 get	xcomp
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 shop	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 shop	det
8	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 free	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 charge	punct
10	because	because	SCONJ	_	13 charge	mark
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	13 charge	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 charge	aux
13	charge	charge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 get	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	You	bread				free property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bread=Stimulus
2	charge	could	nobody						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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