Test 4 · ★★ · The piggy bank and a jar for each goal
Ivy says her see-through jar is "satisfying, innit". What's the idea behind it?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ivy, see through jar, idea · What happens: say, see, satisfy, be · To what, where: innit · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 9 «The piggy bank and a jar for each goal» 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: Ivy says her see-through jar is "satisfying, innit".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ivy | Ivy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 jar | nmod:poss |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 jar | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 through | punct |
| 6 | through | thorough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 jar | amod |
| 7 | jar | jar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 satisfying | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 satisfying | aux |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 satisfying | punct |
| 10 | satisfying | satisfy | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 says | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 innit | punct |
| 12 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 satisfying | obj |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 satisfying | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ivy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | see | infinitive | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | satisfy in a quote | present · progressive | Ivy's see through jar | innit | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus innit=Experiencer |
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's the idea behind it?
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 | 4 idea | det |
| 4 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 idea | nmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the idea behind jar | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Seeing progress keeps you motivated to save
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seeing | see | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 keeps | csubj |
| 2 | progress | progress | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Seeing | obj |
| 3 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 keeps | obj |
| 5 | motivated | motivate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 keeps | xcomp |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 save | mark |
| 7 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 motivated | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | gerund | progress | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer progress=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | keep | present | Seeing | you | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | motivate | participle | you not said here | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result | |||||
| 4 | save | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Coins kept in glass jars are worth more than others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 worth | nsubj |
| 2 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Coins | acl |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 jars | case |
| 4 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 jars | compound |
| 5 | jars | jar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 kept | obl |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 worth | cop |
| 7 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 worth | obj |
| 9 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 others | case |
| 10 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 worth | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | participle | Coins not said here | glass jars | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in jar=Location | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Coins | than others; worth property | tree rules |
Option 3
It's easier for brothers and sisters to borrow from
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 easier | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 easier | cop |
| 3 | easier | easy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 brothers | case |
| 5 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 easier | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sisters | cc |
| 7 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 brothers | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 borrow | mark |
| 9 | borrow | borrow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 easier | advcl |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 borrow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | for brothers and sisters; easy property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | borrow | to-infinitive | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Glass jars make the money inside grow faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 jars | compound |
| 2 | jars | jar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | nsubj |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 money | det |
| 5 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obj |
| 6 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 7 grow | advmod |
| 7 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | advcl |
| 8 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 grow | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Glass jars | the money | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material money=Product | ||||
| 2 | grow | present | Glass jars not said here | fast, inside property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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