Test 9 · ★★ · The piggy bank and a jar for each goal
Lars's mate says "one day jar? that's for like, never, bro." Lars has saved £1 a week for a year. What has he got?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate · What happens: say, save, get · To what, where: Lars · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Lars's mate says "one day jar? that's for like, never, bro."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lars | Lars | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Lars | case |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 jar | punct |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 day | nummod |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 jar | compound |
| 8 | jar | jar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 jar | punct |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 13 like | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 like | cop |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 like | case |
| 13 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 8 jar | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 bro | punct |
| 15 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 17 bro | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 bro | punct |
| 17 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 jar | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 jar | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 jar | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Lars's mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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: Lars has saved £1 a week for a year.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lars | lar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 saved | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 saved | aux |
| 3 | saved | save | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 7 week | compound |
| 5 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 £ | nummod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 week | det |
| 7 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saved | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 year | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 year | det |
| 10 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saved | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 saved | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | present · perfect · passive | Lars | week; year | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Sentence 3: What has he got?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 got | obj |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · perfect | mate | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
£365
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 365 | 365 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
£52
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 52 | 52 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
£104
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 104 | 104 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
£12
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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