Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: best buys and change at the till ★★★
★★★ A Geordie gran: "which voucher's the canny one for the £20 toy, pet?" Which saves the most?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: voucher · What happens: be, save · To what, where: canny one
This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: ★★★ A Geordie gran: "which voucher's the canny one for the £20 toy, pet?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 gran | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 6 gran | case |
| 4 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 gran | det |
| 5 | Geordie | Geordie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 gran | compound |
| 6 | gran | gran | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 14 one | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 one | punct |
| 9 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 10 voucher | det |
| 10 | voucher | voucher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 one | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 one | cop |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 one | det |
| 13 | canny | canny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 one | amod |
| 14 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gran | appos |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 toy | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 toy | det |
| 17 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 19 toy | compound |
| 18 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 17 £ | nummod |
| 19 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 one | nmod |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 pet | punct |
| 21 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 one | conj |
| 22 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 gran | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 gran | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | which voucher | the canny one and pet | for the £ toy | tree rules |
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: Which saves the most?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 saves | nsubj |
| 2 | saves | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 most | det |
| 4 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 2 saves | advmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 saves | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | present | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A tenth off, saving £10
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 tenth | det |
| 2 | tenth | tenth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 tenth | compound:prt |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 saving | punct |
| 5 | saving | save | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 tenth | acl |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 5 saving | obj |
| 7 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 £ | nummod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | gerund | a tenth not said here | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme |
Option 2
A fifth off, saving £5
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 fifth | det |
| 2 | fifth | fifth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 fifth | compound:prt |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 saving | punct |
| 5 | saving | save | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 fifth | acl |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 5 saving | obj |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 £ | nummod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | gerund | a fifth not said here | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme |
Option 3
£4 off, saving £4
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 3 off | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
| 3 | off | off | ADV | _ | 5 saving | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 saving | punct |
| 5 | saving | save | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 5 saving | obj |
| 7 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 £ | nummod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | gerund | off property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A quarter off, saving £5
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 quarter | det |
| 2 | quarter | quarter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 2 quarter | compound:prt |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 saving | punct |
| 5 | saving | save | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 quarter | acl |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 5 saving | obj |
| 7 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 £ | nummod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | gerund | a quarter not said here | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme |
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