Test 6 · ★ · Wants and needs
Hana has £5. Slime kit £5, pencil case for school £3. Her mate says "slime first, school stuff is boring". What's smarter?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hana, mate, school stuff · What happens: have, say, be · To what, where: slime · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 7 «Wants and needs» 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: Hana has £5.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hana | Hana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 2 has | obj |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 £ | nummod |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Hana | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Patient |
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: Slime kit £5, pencil case for school £3.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slime | slime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 kit | compound |
| 2 | kit | kit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 case | nsubj |
| 3 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 7 case | compound |
| 4 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 £ | nummod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 case | punct |
| 6 | pencil | pencil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 case | compound |
| 7 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 school | case |
| 9 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 case | nmod |
| 10 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 9 school | nmod |
| 11 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 £ | nummod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 case | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Her mate says "slime first, school stuff is boring".
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 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 slime | punct |
| 5 | slime | slime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | obj |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 says | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 boring | punct |
| 8 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stuff | compound |
| 9 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 boring | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 boring | cop |
| 11 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 boring | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | kit's mate | slime | first property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent slime=Topic | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | school stuff | boring property | tree rules |
Sentence 4: What's smarter?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 smarter | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 smarter | cop |
| 3 | smarter | smart | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 smarter | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | smart property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Slime first, the school will give her pencils
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slime | slime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 give | nsubj |
| 2 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Slime | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 school | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 school | det |
| 5 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Slime | conj |
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 give | aux |
| 7 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 give | iobj |
| 9 | pencils | pencil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | future | Slime and the school | pencils | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient pencil=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Pencil case first, then save the £2 towards the slime
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pencil | pencil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 case | compound |
| 2 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 first | compound |
| 3 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 save | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 save | punct |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 save | advmod |
| 6 | save | save | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 £ | det |
| 8 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 6 save | obj |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 £ | nummod |
| 10 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 12 slime | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 slime | det |
| 12 | slime | slime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 save | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | imperative | you not said here | then | towards the slime; first property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme |
Option 3
Buy neither and spend it on sweets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | neither | neither | ADV | _ | 1 Buy | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 spend | cc |
| 4 | spend | spend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Buy | conj |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 spend | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 sweets | case |
| 7 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 spend | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | imperative | you not said here | neither property | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | spend | infinitive | you not said here | it | on sweets goal | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent it=Asset on sweet=Goal |
Option 4
Buy both now with £5
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Buy | obj |
| 3 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Buy | advmod |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 £ | case |
| 5 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 1 Buy | obl |
| 6 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 £ | nummod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | imperative | you not said here | both | now | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent both=Theme |
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