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Test 10 · Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones

Grandad's chequebook: Josh says "what the heck is that, a menu?" What's it for?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: chequebook · What happens: say, be · To what, where: menu, heck · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 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: Grandad's chequebook: Josh says "what the heck is that, a menu?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 chequebook	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Grandad	case
3	chequebook	chequebook	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 says	punct
5	Josh	Josh	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 what	punct
8	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 menu	nsubj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 heck	det
10	heck	heck	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 menu	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 menu	cop
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 menu	nsubj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 menu	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 menu	det
15	menu	menu	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	ccomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 menu	punct
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 menu	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	Grandad's chequebook						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a in a quote	present		a menu					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: What's it for?

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	3 it	cop
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 What	nsubj
4	for	for	ADP	_	1 What	case
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		heck					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Writing notes that tell the bank to pay people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	write	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 notes	amod
2	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 notes	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bank	det
6	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 pay	mark
8	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tell	ccomp
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pay	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	gerund							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	present	Writing notes	the bank					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent bank=Recipient clause=Topic
3	pay not said to happen	to-infinitive		people					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Asset

Option 2

Drawing pictures of money to teach children to count

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drawing	draw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	pictures	picture	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Drawing	obj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 money	case
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pictures	nmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 teach	mark
6	teach	teach	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Drawing	advcl
7	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 teach	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 count	mark
9	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 teach	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	gerund		pictures of money					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picture=Theme
2	teach speech: other	to-infinitive			children				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent child=Recipient clause=Topic
3	count	to-infinitive							vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Keeping old receipts tidy in a box in case of refunds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 receipts	amod
3	receipts	receipt	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keeping	obj
4	tidy	tidy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Keeping	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 box	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 box	det
7	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keeping	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 case	case
9	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 box	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 refunds	case
11	refunds	refund	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 case	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	gerund		old receipts		a box in case of refunds		tidy property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent receipt=Theme in box=Location

Option 4

Writing down a shopping list before going to the market

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	write	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	down	down	ADP	_	1 Writing	compound:prt
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 list	det
4	shopping	shopping	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 list	compound
5	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Writing	obj
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 going	mark
7	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Writing	advcl
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 market	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 market	det
10	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 going	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write down	gerund		a shopping list					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent list=Theme
2	go	gerund				the market			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to market=Initial_Location

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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