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Test 9 · ★★ · Saving up for a game

A Yorkshire grandad says "nowt comes to them as won't wait, lad" ("nowt" means nothing). Which money idea is that?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Yorkshire grandad, nowt · What happens: say, come, not wait, mean, be · To what, where: them, nothing, that · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ 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: A Yorkshire grandad says "nowt comes to them as won't wait, lad" ("nowt" means nothing).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 grandad	det
2	Yorkshire	Yorkshire	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 grandad	compound
3	grandad	grandad	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 comes	punct
6	nowt	nowt	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 comes	nsubj
7	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 comes	obl
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	13 wait	mark
11	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 wait	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 wait	advmod
13	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 comes	parataxis
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 lad	punct
15	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wait	vocative
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 lad	punct
17	(	(	PUNCT	_	21 means	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 nowt	punct
19	nowt	nowt	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 means	nsubj
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 nowt	punct
21	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 lad	parataxis
22	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	21 means	obj
23	)	)	PUNCT	_	21 means	punct
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a Yorkshire grandad						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come in a quote	present	nowt		them = they				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to they=Initial_Location
3	not wait in a quote	future						lad vocative	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	mean	present	nowt	nothing					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic

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: Which money idea is that?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 money	det
2	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 idea	compound
3	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 that	cop
5	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 idea	nmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 idea	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		that					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Saving and waiting for something bigger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saving	save	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 waiting	cc
3	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Saving	conj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 something	case
5	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 waiting	obl
6	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 something	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	gerund							vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	wait	gerund						for something	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Buying on impulse whenever you see a sale

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buying	buy	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	3 impulse	case
3	impulse	impulse	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Buying	obl
4	whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 see	advmod
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 see	nsubj
6	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Buying	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sale	det
8	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	gerund				impulse			vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	see	present	you	a sale				whenever property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sale=Stimulus

Option 3

Spending everything straight away on treats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spending	spend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Spending	obj
3	straight	straight	ADV	_	4 away	advmod
4	away	away	ADV	_	1 Spending	advmod
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 treats	case
6	treats	treat	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Spending	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	gerund		everything				on treats goal; away property	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent everything=Asset on treat=Goal

Option 4

Borrowing from everyone you know at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Borrowing	borrow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 everyone	case
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	1 Borrowing	obl
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 know	nsubj
5	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 everyone	acl:relcl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Borrowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	borrow	gerund				everyone		at school	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from everyone=Source
2	know	present	you						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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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