Test 1 · Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones Kai goes "I'm minted, got a bucket of shells!" ("Minted" means rich.) What's the truth?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kai, truth · What happens: go, mint, get, mean, be · To what, where: I, bucket · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 5 «Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones» 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 goes "I'm minted, got a bucket of shells!"
nsubj punct nsubj aux:pass advcl punct parataxis det obj case nmod punct punct root Kai PROPN goes VERB " PUNCT I PRON 'm AUX minted VERB , PUNCT got VERB a DET bucket NOUN of ADP shells NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kai Kai PROPN Number=Sing 2 goes nsubj 2 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 " " PUNCT _ 6 minted punct 4 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 6 minted nsubj 5 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 minted aux:pass 6 minted mint VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 goes advcl 7 , , PUNCT _ 8 got punct 8 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 2 goes parataxis 9 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 10 bucket det 10 bucket bucket NOUN Number=Sing 8 got obj 11 of of ADP _ 12 shells case 12 shells shell NOUN Number=Plur 10 bucket nmod 13 ! ! PUNCT _ 2 goes punct 14 " " PUNCT _ 2 goes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present Kai vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 mint in a quote present · passive I tree rules 3 get in a quote past a bucket of shells vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bucket=Stimulus
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: ("Minted" means rich.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Minted VERB " PUNCT means VERB rich ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Minted punct 3 Minted mint VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Minted punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 rich rich ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mint in a quote participle tree rules 2 mean present rich property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What's the truth?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET truth NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 truth det 4 truth truth NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the truth tree rules
The options Option 1 He's right, shells are still money everywhere in the world
nsubj cop punct nsubj cop advmod parataxis advmod case det nmod root He PRON 's AUX right ADJ , PUNCT shells NOUN are AUX still ADV money NOUN everywhere ADV in ADP the DET world NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 money punct 5 shells shell NOUN Number=Plur 8 money nsubj 6 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 money cop 7 still still ADV _ 8 money advmod 8 money money NOUN Number=Sing 3 right parataxis 9 everywhere everywhere ADV PronType=Tot 8 money advmod 10 in in ADP _ 12 world case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 world det 12 world world NOUN Number=Sing 8 money nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He right property tree rules 2 is a present shells money the world still everywhere property tree rules
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Shells were never used as money anywhere
nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod case obl advmod root Shells NOUN were AUX never ADV used VERB as ADP money NOUN anywhere ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shells shell NOUN Number=Plur 4 used nsubj:pass 2 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 used aux:pass 3 never never ADV PronType=Neg 4 used advmod 4 used use VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 as as ADP _ 6 money case 6 money money NOUN Number=Sing 4 used obl 7 anywhere anywhere ADV PronType=Ind 4 used advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not use past · passive Shells as money; anywhere property vn spend_time-104 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Duration as money=Attribute
Option 3 He's right if the shells are big enough
nsubj cop mark det nsubj cop advcl advmod root He PRON 's AUX right ADJ if SCONJ the DET shells NOUN are AUX big ADJ enough ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 if if SCONJ _ 8 big mark 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 shells det 6 shells shell NOUN Number=Plur 8 big nsubj 7 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 big cop 8 big big ADJ Degree=Pos 3 right advcl 9 enough enough ADV _ 8 big advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He right property tree rules 2 is a condition, not said to happen present the shells big, enough property tree rules
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer Shells were money long ago, but nobody takes them now
nsubj cop advmod advmod punct cc nsubj parataxis obj advmod root Shells NOUN were AUX money NOUN long ADV ago ADV , PUNCT but CCONJ nobody PRON takes VERB them PRON now ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Shells shell NOUN Number=Plur 3 money nsubj 2 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 money cop 3 money money NOUN Number=Sing root root 4 long long ADV Degree=Pos 5 ago advmod 5 ago ago ADV _ 3 money advmod 6 , , PUNCT _ 9 takes punct 7 but but CCONJ _ 9 takes cc 8 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 9 takes nsubj 9 takes take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 money parataxis 10 them they PRON Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 takes obj 11 now now ADV PronType=Dem 9 takes advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past Shells money ago property tree rules 2 take present nobody Shells = shell now vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
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