Test 2 · ★★★ · Olympiad: best buys and change at the till ★★★
★★★ Jade: "that queue was a mile long, took forever, anyway paid £10 for £7.40 of stuff and she gave me £2.60. Sound?" Is the change right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: queue, ★ ★ Jade, she · What happens: be, take, pay, give · To what, where: mile, me, change
This is test 2 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ Jade: "that queue was a mile long, took forever, anyway paid £10 for £7.40 of stuff and she gave me £2.60.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Jade | compound |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ★ | compound |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Jade | compound |
| 4 | Jade | jade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 took | nsubj |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 mile | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 mile | punct |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 queue | det |
| 8 | queue | queue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 mile | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 mile | cop |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 mile | det |
| 11 | mile | mile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Jade | appos |
| 12 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 mile | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Jade | punct |
| 14 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 14 took | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 paid | punct |
| 17 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 18 paid | advmod |
| 18 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 took | advcl |
| 19 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 18 paid | obj |
| 20 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 19 £ | nummod |
| 21 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 £ | case |
| 22 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 19 £ | conj |
| 23 | 7.40 | 7.40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 22 £ | nummod |
| 24 | of | of | ADP | _ | 25 stuff | case |
| 25 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 £ | nmod |
| 26 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 28 gave | cc |
| 27 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 gave | nsubj |
| 28 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 took | conj |
| 29 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 28 gave | iobj |
| 30 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 28 gave | obj |
| 31 | 2.60 | 2.60 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 30 £ | nummod |
| 32 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 took | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | past | that queue | a mile | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take in a quote | past | ★ ★ Jade | forever property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | pay in a quote | participle | ★ ★ Jade not said here | anyway property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Asset | ||||
| 4 | give in a quote | past | she | me | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient £=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: Sound?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sound | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sound | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Is the change right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 change | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 change | det |
| 3 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | right | right | ADV | _ | 3 change | advmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 change | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the change | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, it should be £3.40
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 3.40 | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 3.40 | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 3.40 | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 3.40 | cop |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 7 3.40 | compound |
| 7 | 3.40 | 3.40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | should | it | £ 3.40 | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, £2.60 is right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 right | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 6 right | nsubj |
| 4 | 2.60 | 2.60 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 £ | nummod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 right | cop |
| 6 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
Option 3
No, it should be £2.40
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 2.40 | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 2.40 | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 2.40 | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 2.40 | cop |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 7 2.40 | compound |
| 7 | 2.40 | 2.40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | should | it | £ 2.40 | tree rules |
Option 4
No, it should be £3.60
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 £ | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 £ | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 £ | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 £ | cop |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 7 | 3.60 | 3.60 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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