Test 3 · ★★ · Saving up for a game
Kai saw "a well cool hat" halfway to his headphones and bought it. His dad says "that's fine, if...?"
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kai, dad, that · What happens: see, buy, say, be · To what, where: cool hat, hat · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: Kai saw "a well cool hat" halfway to his headphones and bought it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kai | Kai | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 hat | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hat | det |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 cool | advmod |
| 6 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hat | amod |
| 7 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saw | obj |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 hat | punct |
| 9 | halfway | halfway | ADV | _ | 12 headphones | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 headphones | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 headphones | nmod:poss |
| 12 | headphones | headphone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 saw | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 bought | cc |
| 14 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 saw | conj |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 bought | obj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 saw | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past | Kai | a cool hat | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | buy | past | Kai not said here | hat | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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: His dad says "that's fine, if...?"
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 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 fine | punct |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 fine | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fine | cop |
| 7 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 if | punct |
| 9 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 fine | conj |
| 10 | ... | ... | PUNCT | _ | 9 if | punct |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 fine | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 fine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: ask | present | Kai's dad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | that | fine property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
...he borrows the rest from a friend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ... | ... | PUNCT | _ | 3 borrows | punct |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 borrows | nsubj |
| 3 | borrows | borrow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rest | det |
| 5 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 borrows | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 friend | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 friend | det |
| 8 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 borrows | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | borrow | present | he | the rest | from a friend | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent rest=Theme from friend=Source |
Option 2
...he never wears the hat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ... | ... | PUNCT | _ | 4 wears | punct |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wears | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 wears | advmod |
| 4 | wears | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hat | det |
| 6 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wears | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not wear | present | he | the hat | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hat=Theme |
Option 3
...the hat was more than £30
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ... | ... | PUNCT | _ | 5 more | punct |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hat | det |
| 3 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 more | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 more | cop |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 £ | case |
| 7 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 5 more | obl |
| 8 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 £ | nummod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the hat | more property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
...he chose it on purpose and knows the goal is further away now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ... | ... | PUNCT | _ | 3 chose | punct |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 chose | nsubj |
| 3 | chose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 chose | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 purpose | case |
| 6 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chose | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 knows | cc |
| 8 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 chose | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 goal | det |
| 10 | goal | goal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 away | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 away | cop |
| 12 | further | further | ADV | _ | 13 away | advmod |
| 13 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 knows | ccomp |
| 14 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 knows | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | past | he | it | purpose | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | know | present | he not said here | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | is | present | the goal | away, further property | tree rules |
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