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Test 8 · ★ · Wants and needs

A Texan aunt says "y'all fixin' to buy a new TV? Fridge first, sugar." ("Fixin' to" means about to.) Why?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Texan aunt, Fixin · What happens: say, buy, mean · To what, where: fixin, new TV · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: A Texan aunt says "y'all fixin' to buy a new TV?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 aunt	det
2	Texan	texan	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 aunt	amod
3	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 fixin	punct
6	y'all	y'all	PUNCT	_	7 fixin	punct
7	fixin	fixin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	obj
8	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 fixin	punct
9	to	to	PART	_	10 buy	mark
10	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 TV	det
12	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 TV	amod
13	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 buy	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: ask	present	a Texan aunt	fixin					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fixin=Topic
2	buy in a quote	to-infinitive	a Texan aunt not said here	a new TV					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tv=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: Fridge first, sugar."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fridge	fridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Fridge	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sugar	punct
4	sugar	sugar	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fridge	appos
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sugar	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 sugar	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: ("Fixin' to" means about to.)

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct
2	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Fixin	punct
3	Fixin	Fixin	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 means	nsubj
4	'	'	PUNCT	_	3 Fixin	punct
5	to	to	PART	_	3 Fixin	flat
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 Fixin	punct
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	about	about	ADV	_	7 means	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	8 about	fixed
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	7 means	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Fixin					about property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Sentence 4: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Fridges are always cheaper than televisions in shops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fridges	fridge	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cheaper	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 cheaper	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 cheaper	advmod
4	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 televisions	case
6	televisions	television	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cheaper	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 shops	case
8	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 cheaper	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Fridges			shops		than televisions; always, cheap property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The fridge is a need because it keeps food safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fridge	det
2	fridge	fridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 need	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 need	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 need	det
5	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 keeps	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 keeps	nsubj
8	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 need	acl:relcl
9	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keeps	obj
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 keeps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the fridge	a need					tree rules
2	keep	present	fridge	food				safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme

Option 3

The TV is broken and the fridge still works fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 TV	det
2	TV	TV	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 broken	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 broken	aux:pass
4	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 works	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fridge	det
7	fridge	fridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 works	nsubj
8	still	still	ADV	_	9 works	advmod
9	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 broken	conj
10	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 works	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present · passive		the TV					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2	work	present	the fridge				still	fine property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

TVs are against the rules in Texas during the summer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	TVs	tv	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 rules	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rules	cop
3	against	against	ADP	_	5 rules	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rules	det
5	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Texas	case
7	Texas	Texas	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 rules	nmod
8	during	during	ADP	_	10 summer	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 summer	det
10	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rules	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	TVs			Texas	summer	against the rules	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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