Test 5 · ★★ · The piggy bank and a jar for each goal
Oscar's counter says £18.40, but when he counts the coins he gets £17.40. What should he trust?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: counter · What happens: say, count, get, trust · To what, where: coins · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Oscar's counter says £18.40, but when he counts the coins he gets £17.40.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oscar | Oscar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 counter | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Oscar | case |
| 3 | counter | counter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 4 says | obj |
| 6 | 18.40 | 18.40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 £ | nummod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 gets | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 gets | cc |
| 9 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 11 counts | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 counts | nsubj |
| 11 | counts | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 gets | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 coins | det |
| 13 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 counts | obj |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 gets | nsubj |
| 15 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | conj |
| 16 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 15 gets | obj |
| 17 | 17.40 | 17.40 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 16 £ | nummod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Oscar's counter | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent £=Topic | |||||
| 2 | count | present | counter | the coins | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme | ||||
| 3 | get | present | counter | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer £=Stimulus |
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 should he trust?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 trust | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 trust | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 trust | nsubj |
| 4 | trust | trust | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 trust | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trust | should | counter | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Neither, money can't be counted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | ADV | _ | 7 counted | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Neither | punct |
| 3 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 counted | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 counted | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 counted | advmod |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 counted | aux:pass |
| 7 | counted | count | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not count | can · passive | money | neither property | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
Add both and say £35.80
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Add | add | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Add | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 say | cc |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Add | conj |
| 5 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 4 say | obj |
| 6 | 35.80 | 35.80 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 £ | nummod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | both | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent both=Patient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent £=Topic |
Option 3
The counter, because machines are never wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 counter | det |
| 2 | counter | counter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 wrong | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 wrong | mark |
| 5 | machines | machine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 wrong | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 wrong | cop |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 wrong | advmod |
| 8 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 counter | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | machines | the counter not said here | wrong property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
His own careful count, because counters can be wrong
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 | 4 count | nmod:poss |
| 2 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 count | amod |
| 3 | careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 count | amod |
| 4 | count | count | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 wrong | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 counters | punct |
| 6 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 7 counters | case |
| 7 | counters | counter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 count | conj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 wrong | aux |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 wrong | cop |
| 10 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | can | His own careful count and counters | wrong property | tree rules |
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