Test 1 · ★★★ · Olympiad: best buys and change at the till ★★★
★★★ Kai from Peckham: "bruv, pens are 5 for £2 or 2 for 90p, I need 7 innit." What is the cheapest way to get at least 7 pens?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bruv, I, cheapest way · What happens: be, need, get · To what, where: 5, ★ ★ ★, 7 pens
This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 41 «Olympiad: best buys and change at the till ★★★» 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: ★★★ Kai from Peckham: "bruv, pens are 5 for £2 or 2 for 90p, I need 7 innit."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 need | obl |
| 4 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | appos |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 Peckham | case |
| 6 | Peckham | Peckham | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Kai | nmod |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 bruv | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 bruv | punct |
| 9 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 5 | nsubj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 pens | punct |
| 11 | pens | pen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 bruv | conj |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 5 | cop |
| 13 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 ★ | parataxis |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 £ | case |
| 15 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 13 5 | nmod |
| 16 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 £ | nummod |
| 17 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 18 2 | cc |
| 18 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 5 | conj |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 p | case |
| 20 | 90 | 90 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 21 p | nummod |
| 21 | p | p | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 2 | nmod |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 need | punct |
| 23 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 24 need | nsubj |
| 24 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 25 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 26 innit | nummod |
| 26 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 need | obj |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 24 need | punct |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 24 need | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | bruv and pens | 5 | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | need in a quote | present | I | ★ ★ ★ | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot innit=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.
Sentence 2: What is the cheapest way to get at least 7 pens?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | cheapest | cheap | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 least | case |
| 9 | least | least | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 7 | nmod |
| 10 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 pens | nummod |
| 11 | pens | pen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 get | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the cheapest way | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | the cheapest way not said here | 7 pens | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pen=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Four packs of 2, for £3.60
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 packs | nummod |
| 2 | packs | pack | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 2 | case |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 packs | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 £ | punct |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 £ | case |
| 7 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 2 packs | acl:relcl |
| 8 | 3.60 | 3.60 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Three packs of 2, for £2.70
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 packs | nummod |
| 2 | packs | pack | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 2 | case |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 packs | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 £ | punct |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 £ | case |
| 7 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 2 packs | acl:relcl |
| 8 | 2.70 | 2.70 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Two packs of 5, for £4
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 packs | nummod |
| 2 | packs | pack | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 5 | case |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 packs | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 £ | punct |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 £ | case |
| 7 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 2 packs | acl:relcl |
| 8 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
One pack of 5 and one of 2, £2.90
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 pack | nummod |
| 2 | pack | pack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 £ | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 5 | case |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 pack | nmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 one | cc |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 5 | conj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 2 | case |
| 8 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 one | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 £ | punct |
| 10 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 11 | 2.90 | 2.90 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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