Test 4 · ★★ · Saving up for a game
Arlo says "I've got £20, bike's £80, I save a fiver a week, so 16 weeks, sorted." What did he forget?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Arlo, 16 weeks · What happens: say, get, save, sort, forget · To what, where: fiver · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Arlo says "I've got £20, bike's £80, I save a fiver a week, so 16 weeks, sorted."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Arlo | Arlo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 got | nsubj |
| 5 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | aux |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 says | ccomp |
| 7 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 6 got | obj |
| 8 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 £ | nummod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 £ | punct |
| 10 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 £ | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 bike | case |
| 12 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 7 £ | conj |
| 13 | 80 | 80 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 £ | nummod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 save | punct |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 16 save | nsubj |
| 16 | save | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | parataxis |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 fiver | det |
| 18 | fiver | fiver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 save | obj |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 week | det |
| 20 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 save | obl:unmarked |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 sorted | punct |
| 22 | so | so | ADV | _ | 26 sorted | advmod |
| 23 | 16 | 16 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 24 weeks | nummod |
| 24 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 26 sorted | nsubj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 weeks | punct |
| 26 | sorted | sort | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 says | ccomp |
| 27 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 26 sorted | punct |
| 28 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 26 sorted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Arlo | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | present · perfect | Arlo | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer £=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | save in a quote | present | Arlo | a fiver | week | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiver=Theme | |||
| 4 | sort in a quote | past | 16 weeks | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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: What did he forget?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 forget | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 forget | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 forget | nsubj |
| 4 | forget | forget | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 forget | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past · do-support | Arlo | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
That bikes cost £100
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 bikes | det |
| 2 | bikes | bike | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cost | nsubj |
| 3 | cost | cost | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 3 cost | obj |
| 5 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 £ | nummod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cost | present | that bikes | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme £=Value |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
To take away the £20 he already has, so it's 12 weeks
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 take | mark |
| 2 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | away | away | ADP | _ | 2 take | compound:prt |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 £ | det |
| 5 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 2 take | obj |
| 6 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 £ | nummod |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 has | nsubj |
| 8 | already | already | ADV | _ | 9 has | advmod |
| 9 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 £ | acl:relcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 weeks | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 weeks | advmod |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 weeks | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 weeks | cop |
| 14 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 weeks | nummod |
| 15 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take away | to-infinitive | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | have | present | he | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | it | 12 weeks | tree rules |
Option 3
To add the £20, so it's 20 weeks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 add | mark |
| 2 | add | add | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 £ | det |
| 4 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 2 add | obj |
| 5 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 £ | nummod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 weeks | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 weeks | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 weeks | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 weeks | cop |
| 10 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 weeks | nummod |
| 11 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 add | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | to-infinitive | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | 20 weeks | tree rules |
Option 4
Nothing, 16 weeks is right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 right | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 weeks | punct |
| 3 | 16 | 16 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 weeks | nummod |
| 4 | weeks | week | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 right | cop |
| 6 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing | right property | tree rules |
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