Test 7 · ★ · Swaps and barter in the playground

Lena gave her £3 pen for a 20p pencil "cos Tia begged". Her mum says it's fine, if...?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lena, Tia, mum · What happens: give, co, beg, say, be · To what, where: £ pen, her · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Lena gave her £3 pen for a 20p pencil "cos Tia begged".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lena	Lena	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	£	£	SYM	_	6 pen	compound
5	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 £	nummod
6	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	11 pencil	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pencil	det
9	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 p	nummod
10	p	p	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pencil	compound
11	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 cos	punct
13	cos	co	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 gave	parataxis
14	Tia	Tia	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 begged	nsubj
15	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 cos	ccomp
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 cos	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	give	past	Lena	£ pen	her = she	for a p pencil	tree rules
2	co in a quote	present					tree rules
3	beg speech: request in a quote	past	Tia				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: 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: Her mum says it's fine, if...?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fine	expl
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 fine	cop
6	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 if	punct
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 fine	parataxis
9	...	...	PUNCT	_	8 if	punct
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Tia's mum						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present						fine property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

...Tia pays her back £3.20 by the end of the week

Sentence 1: ...

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	...	...	SYM	_	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 2: Tia pays her back £3.20 by the end of the week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tia	Tia	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 pays	nsubj
2	pays	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pays	obj
4	back	back	ADV	_	2 pays	advmod
5	£	£	SYM	_	2 pays	obj
6	3.20	3.20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 £	nummod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pays	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 week	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 week	det
12	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 end	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay back	present	Tia		her = she		by the end of the week		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient £=Asset

Option 2

...the pencil turns out to be made of real gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	...	...	PUNCT	_	4 turns	punct
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pencil	det
3	pencil	pencil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turns	nsubj
4	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 turns	compound:prt
6	to	to	PART	_	8 made	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 made	aux:pass
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 turns	advcl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 gold	case
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 gold	amod
11	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn out	present	the pencil						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	to-infinitive · passive	the pencil not said here					of real gold	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

...she meant it as a gift, not a swap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	...	...	PUNCT	_	3 meant	punct
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 meant	nsubj
3	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 meant	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 gift	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 gift	det
7	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 meant	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 swap	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 swap	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 swap	det
11	swap	swap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 meant	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past	she	it				as a gift	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent it=Topic as gift=Attribute

Option 4

...she does the same swap again every single day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	...	...	PUNCT	_	3 does	punct
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	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 swap	det
5	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 swap	amod
6	swap	swap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obj
7	again	again	ADV	_	3 does	advmod
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	10 day	det
9	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 day	amod
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 does	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	she	the same swap			again; day		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent swap=Eventuality

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