Test 3 · Pocket money and earning it with chores
Ruby moans "it's well unfair, she gets a tenner and I get two quid!" What's the kindest true answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby, it, I, kindest true answer · What happens: moan, be, get · To what, where: tenner, two quid · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 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: Ruby moans "it's well unfair, she gets a tenner and I get two quid!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 moans | nsubj |
| 2 | moans | moan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 unfair | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 unfair | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 unfair | cop |
| 6 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 unfair | advmod |
| 7 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 moans | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 gets | punct |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 gets | nsubj |
| 10 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 moans | conj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 tenner | det |
| 12 | tenner | tenner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gets | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 get | cc |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 get | nsubj |
| 15 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 gets | conj |
| 16 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 quid | nummod |
| 17 | quid | quid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 get | obj |
| 18 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 gets | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 moans | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | moan | present | Ruby | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | it | unfair, well property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | get in a quote | present | Ruby | a tenner | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tenner=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | get in a quote | present | I | two quid | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer quid=Stimulus |
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 the kindest true answer?
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 | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 answer | det |
| 4 | kindest | kind | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 answer | amod |
| 5 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 answer | amod |
| 6 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the kindest true answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Her friend must be doing more chores
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 doing | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 doing | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 doing | aux |
| 5 | doing | do | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 chores | amod |
| 7 | chores | chore | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 doing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | must · progressive | Her friend | more chores | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chore=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Families have different money and rules, and that's normal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 money | amod |
| 4 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 have | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 rules | cc |
| 6 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 money | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 normal | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 normal | cc |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 normal | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 normal | cop |
| 11 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 have | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Families | different money and rules | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | that | normal property | tree rules |
Option 3
Ruby's family should be ashamed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 family | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ruby | case |
| 3 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ashamed | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 ashamed | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 ashamed | cop |
| 6 | ashamed | ashamed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | should | Ruby's family | ashamed property | tree rules |
Option 4
£2 is enough for everything anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 4 enough | nsubj |
| 2 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 enough | cop |
| 4 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 everything | case |
| 6 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 enough | obl |
| 7 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 4 enough | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | for everything; anyway, enough property | tree rules |
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