Test 4 · Pocket money and earning it with chores
Leo's like "easy money, bruv" about dog walks — then it rains all week. What does a reliable walker do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, reliable walker · What happens: rain, do
This is test 4 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: Leo's like "easy money, bruv" about dog walks — then it rains all week.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 money | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Leo | case |
| 3 | like | like | ADP | _ | 6 money | case |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 money | punct |
| 5 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 money | amod |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bruv | punct |
| 8 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 money | conj |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 bruv | punct |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 walks | case |
| 11 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 walks | compound |
| 12 | walks | walk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 bruv | nmod |
| 13 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 16 rains | punct |
| 14 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 rains | advmod |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 rains | nsubj |
| 16 | rains | rain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 money | parataxis |
| 17 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 week | det |
| 18 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 rains | obl:unmarked |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 money | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rain | present | it | then; week | vn weather-57 «It V PP.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 does a reliable walker do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 do | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 walker | det |
| 4 | reliable | reliable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 walker | amod |
| 5 | walker | walker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present · do-support | a reliable walker | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Keeps walking the dog as promised
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keeps | keep | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | walking | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Keeps | acl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dog | det |
| 4 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 walking | obj |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 promised | mark |
| 6 | promised | promise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 walking | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | gerund | Keeps not said here | the dog | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Agent | ||||
| 2 | promise speech: promise | participle | Keeps not said here | vn promise-37.13 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Asks for £10 a walk because of rain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Asks | ask | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 walk | nsubj |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 £ | case |
| 3 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 6 walk | compound |
| 4 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 £ | nummod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 walk | det |
| 6 | walk | walk | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 9 rain | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 because | fixed |
| 9 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 walk | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Lets the dog walk itself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lets | let | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 walk | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lets | appos |
| 4 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 walk | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | infinitive | Lets | dog | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme itself=Trajectory |
Option 4
Stops until the sun comes out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stops | stop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 comes | nsubj |
| 2 | until | until | ADP | _ | 4 sun | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sun | det |
| 4 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stops | nmod |
| 5 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 comes | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | present | Stops until the sun | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
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