Test 11 · Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones
Pippa: "how'd they spend a stone bigger than a car?" Which modern money is a bit like that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: they · What happens: spend, be · To what, where: stone, bit
This is test 11 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: Pippa: "how'd they spend a stone bigger than a car?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pippa | Pippa | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 spend | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 spend | punct |
| 4 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 spend | advmod |
| 5 | 'd | 'd | CCONJ | _ | 7 spend | cc |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 spend | nsubj |
| 7 | spend | spend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Pippa | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 stone | det |
| 9 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 spend | obj |
| 10 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 spend | xcomp |
| 11 | than | than | ADP | _ | 13 car | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 car | det |
| 13 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bigger | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Pippa | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Pippa | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend in a quote | present | they | a stone | big property | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Asset |
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 modern money is a bit like that?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 bit | nsubj |
| 2 | modern | modern | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 money | amod |
| 3 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bit | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 bit | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bit | det |
| 6 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 that | case |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 bit | nmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 bit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a bit | like that | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Bank money, where only the record of who owns it changes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 money | compound |
| 2 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 changes | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 record | punct |
| 4 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 7 record | advmod |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 record | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 record | det |
| 7 | record | record | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 money | parataxis |
| 8 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 10 owns | mark |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 owns | nsubj |
| 10 | owns | own | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 record | advcl |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 owns | obj |
| 12 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | own | present | the record | money | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | change | present | Bank money | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Coins, which you hand over in a shop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hand | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 hand | punct |
| 3 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 hand | obj |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 hand | nsubj |
| 5 | hand | hand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 5 hand | compound:prt |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 shop | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 shop | det |
| 9 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hand | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hand over | present | Coins | a shop | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
Option 3
Shells, which you carry in a bucket
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shells | shell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 carry | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 carry | punct |
| 3 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 carry | obj |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 carry | nsubj |
| 5 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 bucket | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bucket | det |
| 8 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 carry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | present | Shells | a bucket | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent which=Value in bucket=Location |
Option 4
Sweets, which you swap at break
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 swap | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 swap | punct |
| 3 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 swap | nsubj |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 swap | nsubj |
| 5 | swap | swap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 break | case |
| 7 | break | break | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 swap | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swap | present | Sweets | break | vn substitute-13.6.2 «NP V PP.co-theme»: agent=Theme |
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