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Test 3 · Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones

Zac's like "no cash in the future, bro, it's dead." His aunt says her old neighbour still needs it. Who's right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cash, Zac, aunt, old neighbour · What happens: be, cash, say, need · To what, where: future, cash · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 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: Zac's like "no cash in the future, bro, it's dead."

nmod:posscasecasepunctdetnsubjcasedetnmodpunctparataxispunctnsubjcoppunctpunctrootZacPROPN'sPARTlikeADP"PUNCTnoDETcashNOUNinADPtheDETfutureNOUN,PUNCTbroNOUN,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXdeadADJ.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ZacZacPROPNNumber=Sing6 cashnmod:poss
2's'sPART_1 Zaccase
3likelikeADP_6 cashcase
4""PUNCT_6 cashpunct
5nonoDETPronType=Neg6 cashdet
6cashcashNOUNNumber=Sing15 deadnsubj
7ininADP_9 futurecase
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 futuredet
9futurefutureNOUNNumber=Sing6 cashnmod
10,,PUNCT_11 bropunct
11brobroNOUNNumber=Sing6 cashparataxis
12,,PUNCT_6 cashpunct
13ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs15 deadnsubj
14'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 deadcop
15deaddeadADJDegree=Posrootroot
16..PUNCT_15 deadpunct
17""PUNCT_15 deadpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is in a quotepresentZac's cash in the futuredead propertytree rules
2cash in a quoteZacthe futurenom cash «possession transitive»: poss=agent in=place

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: His aunt says her old neighbour still needs it.

nmod:possnsubjnmod:possamodnsubjadvmodccompobjpunctrootHisPRONauntNOUNsaysVERBherPRONoldADJneighbourNOUNstillADVneedsVERBitPRON.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 auntnmod:poss
2auntauntNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 neighbournmod:poss
5oldoldADJDegree=Pos6 neighbouramod
6neighbourneighbourNOUNNumber=Sing8 needsnsubj
7stillstillADV_8 needsadvmod
8needsneedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 saysccomp
9ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs8 needsobj
10..PUNCT_3 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentZac's auntvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2needpresentaunt's old neighbourcashstillvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Sentence 3: Who's right?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhoPRON'sAUXrightADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhowhoPRONPronType=Rel3 rightnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 rightpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentright propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Neither, cash was banned last year

advmodpunctnsubj:passaux:passamodobl:unmarkedrootNeitherADV,PUNCTcashNOUNwasAUXbannedVERBlastADJyearNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NeitherneitherADV_5 bannedadvmod
2,,PUNCT_1 Neitherpunct
3cashcashNOUNNumber=Sing5 bannednsubj:pass
4wasbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 bannedaux:pass
5bannedbanVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
6lastlastADJDegree=Pos7 yearamod
7yearyearNOUNNumber=Sing5 bannedobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1banpast · passivecashyearneither propertyvn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Both have a point: cash is falling, but some people still need it

The tree, 13 words
nsubjdetobjpunctnsubjauxconjpunctccdetnsubjadvmodconjobjrootBothDEThaveVERBaDETpointNOUN:PUNCTcashNOUNisAUXfallingVERB,PUNCTbutCCONJsomeDETpeopleNOUNstillADVneedVERBitPRON
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BothbothDETPronType=Tot2 havensubj
2havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 pointdet
4pointpointNOUNNumber=Sing2 haveobj
5::PUNCT_8 fallingpunct
6cashcashNOUNNumber=Sing8 fallingnsubj
7isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 fallingaux
8fallingfallVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 haveconj
9,,PUNCT_14 needpunct
10butbutCCONJ_14 needcc
11somesomeDETPronType=Ind12 peopledet
12peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur14 neednsubj
13stillstillADV_14 needadvmod
14needneedVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 haveconj
15ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 needobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1havepresentBotha pointvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent point=Patient
2fallpresent · progressivecashvn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3needpresentsome peoplecashstillvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 3

Only Zac, cash is already gone everywhere

advmodnsubjpunctnsubjcopadvmodadvmodrootOnlyADVZacPROPN,PUNCTcashNOUNisAUXalreadyADVgoneVERBeverywhereADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_2 Zacadvmod
2ZacZacPROPNNumber=Sing7 gonensubj
3,,PUNCT_2 Zacpunct
4cashcashNOUNNumber=Sing7 gonensubj
5isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 gonecop
6alreadyalreadyADV_7 goneadvmod
7gonegoVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
8everywhereeverywhereADVPronType=Tot7 goneadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentZaceverywhere, go propertytree rules

Option 4

Only the aunt, cash is growing fast

advmoddetcompoundpunctnsubjauxadvmodrootOnlyADVtheDETauntNOUN,PUNCTcashNOUNisAUXgrowingVERBfastADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_3 auntadvmod
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 auntdet
3auntauntNOUNNumber=Sing5 cashcompound
4,,PUNCT_3 auntpunct
5cashcashNOUNNumber=Sing7 growingnsubj
6isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 growingaux
7growinggrowVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
8fastfastADVDegree=Pos7 growingadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1growpresent · progressiveaunt cashfast propertyvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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