Test 1 · Pocket money and earning it with chores
Ella wails "where'd all my money go?!" on Sunday night. What would help next week?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ella, money · What happens: wail, go, help · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 6 «Pocket money and earning it with chores» 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: Ella wails "where'd all my money go?!" on Sunday night.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wails | nsubj |
| 2 | wails | wail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 go | punct |
| 4 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 9 go | advmod |
| 5 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 go | aux |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 money | det:predet |
| 7 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 money | nmod:poss |
| 8 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 go | nsubj |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wails | ccomp |
| 10 | ?! | ?! | PUNCT | _ | 9 go | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 go | punct |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 night | case |
| 13 | Sunday | Sunday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 night | compound |
| 14 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 go | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wails | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wail | present | Ella | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go in a quote | would | my money | night | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 would help next week?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 help | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 help | aux |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 week | amod |
| 5 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 help | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | would | week | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Asking Mum for double money so it lasts the whole week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asking | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 lasts | csubj |
| 2 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Asking | obj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 money | case |
| 4 | double | double | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 money | amod |
| 5 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Asking | obl |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 lasts | advmod |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 lasts | nsubj |
| 8 | lasts | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 week | det |
| 10 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 week | amod |
| 11 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lasts | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | gerund | Mum | for double money | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | last | present | money | week | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Spending it all even faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spending | spend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Spending | obj |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 it | det |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 5 faster | advmod |
| 5 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Spending | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | gerund | it | fast property | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |
Option 3
Hiding the sweets from herself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sweets | det |
| 3 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Hiding | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 herself | case |
| 5 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 1 Hiding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | gerund | the sweets | from herself = she | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent sweet=Patient from herself=Beneficiary |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A budget: plan to keep some for later in the week
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 budget | det |
| 2 | budget | budget | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 plan | punct |
| 4 | plan | plan | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 budget | appos |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 keep | mark |
| 6 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 plan | xcomp |
| 7 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 keep | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 later | case |
| 9 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 keep | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 week | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 week | det |
| 12 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plan | infinitive | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | keep not said to happen | to-infinitive | some | week | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Theme |
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