Test 2 · ★★ · Saving up for a game Paddy goes "saving's for losers, spend it now lol". His sis rolls her eyes. What's the sensible view?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Paddy, sis, sensible view · What happens: go, spend, roll, be · To what, where: Paddy, eyes · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Saving up for a game» 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: Paddy goes "saving's for losers, spend it now lol".
nsubj punct obl case case obl punct parataxis obj advmod discourse punct punct root Paddy NOUN goes VERB " PUNCT saving NOUN 's PART for ADP losers NOUN , PUNCT spend VERB it PRON now ADV lol INTJ " PUNCT . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Paddy paddy NOUN Number=Sing 2 goes nsubj 2 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 " " PUNCT _ 4 saving punct 4 saving saving NOUN Number=Sing 2 goes obl 5 's 's PART _ 4 saving case 6 for for ADP _ 7 losers case 7 losers loser NOUN Number=Plur 2 goes obl 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 spend punct 9 spend spend VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 goes parataxis 10 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 9 spend obj 11 now now ADV PronType=Dem 9 spend advmod 12 lol lol INTJ _ 9 spend discourse 13 " " PUNCT _ 9 spend punct 14 . . PUNCT _ 2 goes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present Paddy 's saving; for losers vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 spend in a quote infinitive Paddy now vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset
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: His sis rolls her eyes.
nmod:poss nsubj nmod:poss obj punct root His PRON sis NOUN rolls VERB her PRON eyes NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 His his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 2 sis nmod:poss 2 sis sis NOUN Number=Sing 3 rolls nsubj 3 rolls roll VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 eyes nmod:poss 5 eyes eye NOUN Number=Plur 3 rolls obj 6 . . PUNCT _ 3 rolls punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 roll present His sis sis's eyes vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Agent
Sentence 3: What's the sensible view?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET sensible ADJ view NOUN ? PUNCT 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 view det 4 sensible sensible ADJ Degree=Pos 5 view amod 5 view view 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 sensible view tree rules
The options Option 1 He's right, saving never helps
nsubj cop punct advcl advmod acl:relcl root He PRON 's AUX right ADJ , PUNCT saving VERB never ADV helps VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 right nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 right cop 3 right right ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 5 saving punct 5 saving save VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 right advcl 6 never never ADV PronType=Neg 7 helps advmod 7 helps help VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 saving acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He right property tree rules 2 save gerund He not said here vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 not help present vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Saving everything and never spending is the only way
csubj obj cc advmod conj cop det amod root Saving VERB everything PRON and CCONJ never ADV spending VERB is AUX the DET only ADJ way NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Saving save VERB VerbForm=Ger 9 way csubj 2 everything everything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 1 Saving obj 3 and and CCONJ _ 5 spending cc 4 never never ADV PronType=Neg 5 spending advmod 5 spending spend VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Saving conj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 way cop 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 way det 8 only only ADJ Degree=Pos 9 way amod 9 way way NOUN Number=Sing root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 save gerund everything vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme 2 not spend gerund vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 is a present Saving the only way tree rules
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer A mix is best: spend some now, save some for bigger things
det nsubj cop punct parataxis obj advmod punct conj obj case amod obl root A DET mix NOUN is AUX best ADJ : PUNCT spend VERB some DET now ADV , PUNCT save VERB some DET for ADP bigger ADJ things NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 mix det 2 mix mix NOUN Number=Sing 4 best nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 best cop 4 best good ADJ Degree=Sup root root 5 : : PUNCT _ 6 spend punct 6 spend spend VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 best parataxis 7 some some DET PronType=Ind 6 spend obj 8 now now ADV PronType=Dem 6 spend advmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 10 save punct 10 save save VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 spend conj 11 some some DET PronType=Ind 10 save obj 12 for for ADP _ 14 things case 13 bigger big ADJ Degree=Cmp 14 things amod 14 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 10 save obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present a mix good property tree rules 2 spend infinitive some now vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Asset 3 save infinitive some for bigger things vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent some=Theme for thing=Source
Option 4 Spending everything is the same as saving
csubj obj cop det mark advcl root Spending VERB everything PRON is AUX the DET same ADJ as SCONJ saving VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Spending spend VERB VerbForm=Ger 5 same csubj 2 everything everything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 1 Spending obj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 same cop 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 same det 5 same same ADJ Degree=Pos root root 6 as as SCONJ _ 7 saving mark 7 saving save VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 5 same advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 spend gerund everything vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Asset 2 is present Spending same property tree rules 3 save gerund Spending not said here vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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