Test 8 · Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones
Theo's nan, a West Country lass, says "we 'ad paper pound notes, my lover, gurt big ones." ("My lover" is a friendly greeting; "gurt" means big.) What replaced them?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nan, we, lover, gurt · What happens: say, note, be, mean, replace · To what, where: friendly greeting, nan · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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: Theo's nan, a West Country lass, says "we 'ad paper pound notes, my lover, gurt big ones."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theo | Theo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 nan | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Theo | case |
| 3 | nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 says | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 lass | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 lass | det |
| 6 | West | West | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 Country | compound |
| 7 | Country | Country | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 lass | compound |
| 8 | lass | lass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 nan | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 nan | punct |
| 10 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 we | punct |
| 12 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 notes | nsubj |
| 13 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 12 we | punct |
| 14 | ad | ad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 paper | compound |
| 15 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 pound | compound |
| 16 | pound | pound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 notes | compound |
| 17 | notes | note | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 says | ccomp |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 lover | punct |
| 19 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 lover | nmod:poss |
| 20 | lover | lover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 notes | conj |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 ones | punct |
| 22 | gurt | gurt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 ones | compound |
| 23 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 ones | amod |
| 24 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 notes | conj |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 notes | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Theo's nan and a Country lass | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | note in a quote | we | 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: ("My lover" is a friendly greeting; "gurt" means big.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 9 greeting | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 lover | punct |
| 3 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 lover | nmod:poss |
| 4 | lover | lover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 greeting | nsubj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 lover | punct |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 greeting | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 greeting | det |
| 8 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 greeting | amod |
| 9 | greeting | greeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 14 means | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 gurt | punct |
| 12 | gurt | gurt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 means | nsubj |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 gurt | punct |
| 14 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 greeting | conj |
| 15 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 means | xcomp |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 greeting | punct |
| 17 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 9 greeting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | My lover | a friendly greeting | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | gurt | big property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: What replaced them?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 replaced | nsubj |
| 2 | replaced | replace | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 replaced | obj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 replaced | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | replace | past | nan | vn substitute-13.6.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The 50p coin, in Roman times
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 coin | det |
| 2 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 p | nummod |
| 3 | p | p | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 coin | compound |
| 4 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 times | punct |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 times | case |
| 7 | Roman | roman | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 times | amod |
| 8 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 coin | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The £5 note, last year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 note | det |
| 2 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 4 note | compound |
| 3 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 £ | nummod |
| 4 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 year | punct |
| 6 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 year | amod |
| 7 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 note | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Gold bars, in the 1900s
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bars | compound |
| 2 | bars | bar | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 1900s | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 1900s | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 1900s | det |
| 6 | 1900s | 1900 | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | 2 bars | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The £1 coin, in the 1980s
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 coin | det |
| 2 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 4 coin | compound |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 £ | nummod |
| 4 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 1980s | punct |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 1980s | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 1980s | det |
| 8 | 1980s | 1980s | NOUN | Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card | 4 coin | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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