Test 7 · ★ · Wants and needs
Ava's mum: "Coat first, then we'll talk trampoline." If she has £40 and the coat is £25, can she also buy the £120 trampoline?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, we · What happens: coat, talk, have, buy · To what, where: trampoline, £ trampoline
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Ava's mum: "Coat first, then we'll talk trampoline."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ava | Ava | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ava | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Coat | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Coat | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Coat | punct |
| 6 | Coat | coat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 Coat | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 talk | punct |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 talk | advmod |
| 10 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 talk | nsubj |
| 11 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 talk | aux |
| 12 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 Coat | conj |
| 13 | trampoline | trampoline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 talk | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 Coat | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Coat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | coat in a quote | infinitive | Ava's mum | first property | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | talk in a quote | future | we | trampoline | then | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent trampoline=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: If she has £40 and the coat is £25, can she also buy the £120 trampoline?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 3 has | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 buy | advcl |
| 4 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 3 has | obj |
| 5 | 40 | 40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 £ | nummod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 £ | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 coat | det |
| 8 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 £ | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 £ | cop |
| 10 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 3 has | conj |
| 11 | 25 | 25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 10 £ | nummod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 has | punct |
| 13 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 buy | aux |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 buy | nsubj |
| 15 | also | also | ADV | _ | 16 buy | advmod |
| 16 | buy | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 trampoline | det |
| 18 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 20 trampoline | compound |
| 19 | 120 | 120 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 18 £ | nummod |
| 20 | trampoline | trampoline | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 buy | obj |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 16 buy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have a condition, not said to happen | present | mum | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Patient | |||||
| 2 | buy | can | mum | the £ trampoline | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trampoline=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, she would be £25 short
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 £ | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 £ | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 £ | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 £ | cop |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 7 | 25 | 25 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 £ | nummod |
| 8 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 £ | xcomp |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Yes, with £15 to spare
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 £ | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 £ | case |
| 4 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 5 | 15 | 15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 £ | nummod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 spare | mark |
| 7 | spare | spare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 £ | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spare | to-infinitive | vn bill-54.5 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, only £15 would be left
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 £ | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 £ | advmod |
| 4 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 8 left | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | 15 | 15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 £ | nummod |
| 6 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 left | aux |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 left | aux:pass |
| 8 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | would · passive | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, exactly £40 is enough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 £ | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 4 £ | advmod |
| 4 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 7 enough | nsubj |
| 5 | 40 | 40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 £ | nummod |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 enough | cop |
| 7 | enough | enough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | enough property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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