Test 7 · Pocket money and earning it with chores
Callum's mate goes "she won't notice, don't be a wuss" ("wuss" means a coward). What's the best reply?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, wuss, best reply · What happens: go, not notice, do, not be, mean, be · To what, where: wuss, coward · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 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: Callum's mate goes "she won't notice, don't be a wuss" ("wuss" means a coward).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Callum | Callum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Callum | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | nsubj |
| 4 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 notice | punct |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 notice | nsubj |
| 7 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 notice | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 notice | advmod |
| 9 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 goes | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 do | punct |
| 11 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 notice | conj |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 wuss | advmod |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 wuss | cop |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 wuss | det |
| 15 | wuss | wuss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 do | obl |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 notice | punct |
| 17 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 21 means | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 wuss | punct |
| 19 | wuss | wuss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 means | nsubj |
| 20 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 19 wuss | punct |
| 21 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 goes | parataxis |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 23 coward | det |
| 23 | coward | coward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 means | obj |
| 24 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 21 means | punct |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Callum's mate | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not notice in a quote | future | mate | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | do in a quote | infinitive | mate not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | not is a in a quote | infinitive | a wuss | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | mean | present | wuss | a coward | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coward=Topic |
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 best reply?
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 | 5 reply | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best reply | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Fine, but only a pound, so it doesn't really count
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 pound | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 pound | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 pound | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pound | det |
| 6 | pound | pound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fine | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 count | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 count | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 count | nsubj |
| 10 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 count | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 count | advmod |
| 12 | really | really | ADV | _ | 13 count | advmod |
| 13 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Fine | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not count | present · do-support | pound | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2
Okay, I'll pay it back sometime
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Okay | okay | INTJ | _ | 5 pay | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Okay | punct |
| 3 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 pay | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 pay | aux |
| 5 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 pay | obj |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 pay | advmod |
| 8 | sometime | sometime | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 pay | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay back | future | I | it | sometime property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, it's stealing and I'd lose her trust
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 stealing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stealing | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 stealing | aux |
| 5 | stealing | steal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 lose | cc |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 lose | nsubj |
| 8 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 lose | aux |
| 9 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 stealing | conj |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 trust | nmod:poss |
| 11 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lose | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | present · progressive | it | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | lose | would | I | her trust | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trust=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | trust | her = she | nom trust «possession intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Only if you do it too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 do | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 do | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | obj |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 do | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | you | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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