Test 9 · ★ · Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules

"money is dirtier than a toilet seat, lol grandpa" Who's right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: money, grandpa · What happens: be

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» of the myths 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 dirtier	punct
2	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dirtier	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dirtier	cop
4	dirtier	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	8 seat	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 seat	det
7	toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 seat	compound
8	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dirtier	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 grandpa	punct
10	lol	lol	INTJ	_	11 grandpa	discourse
11	grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dirtier	obl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	15 right	punct
13	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 right	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 right	cop
15	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 grandpa	acl:relcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 dirtier	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	money					than a toilet seat; grandpa obl; dirty property	tree rules
2	is	present	grandpa					right property	tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1

Neither: money has no germs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	3 money	det
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Neither	punct
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 has	nsubj
4	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 germs	det
6	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	neither money	no germs					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Grandpa: studies found money can carry more germs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandpa	grandpa	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 found	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	3 studies	punct
3	studies	study	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Grandpa	conj
4	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carry	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 carry	aux
7	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 found	ccomp
8	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 germs	amod
9	germs	germ	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 carry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	Grandpa and studies						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	carry	can	money	more germs					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme

Option 3

You: toilet seats are always dirtier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 dirtier	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 seats	punct
3	toilet	toilet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 seats	compound
4	seats	seat	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 You	conj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dirtier	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 dirtier	advmod
7	dirtier	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	You					always, dirty property	tree rules

Option 4

Nobody knows, because it has never ever been tested

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 knows	nsubj
2	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 tested	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 tested	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 tested	nsubj:pass
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 tested	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 tested	advmod
8	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 tested	advmod
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 tested	aux:pass
10	tested	test	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 knows	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	Nobody						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	not test	present · perfect · passive		it			ever		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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