Test 1 · ★★ · Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more Aisha: "Who stole my 15p? Sweets were 50p, now 65p!" What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Aisha, Sweets, best answer · What happens: steal, be · To what, where: 15 p, 50 p
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more» of the politics 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: Aisha: "Who stole my 15p?
nsubj punct punct nsubj nmod:poss nummod obj punct root Aisha PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Who PRON stole VERB my PRON 15 NUM p NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Aisha Aisha PROPN Number=Sing 5 stole nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 5 stole punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 5 stole punct 4 Who who PRON PronType=Rel 5 stole nsubj 5 stole steal VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 my my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 p nmod:poss 7 15 15 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 p nummod 8 p p NOUN Number=Sing 5 stole obj 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 stole punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 steal in a quote past Aisha my 15 p vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location p=Theme
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: Sweets were 50p, now 65p!"
nsubj cop nummod punct advmod nummod conj punct punct root Sweets NOUN were AUX 50 NUM p NOUN , PUNCT now ADV 65 NUM p NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sweets sweet NOUN Number=Plur 4 p nsubj 2 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 4 p cop 3 50 50 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 p nummod 4 p p NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 p punct 6 now now ADV PronType=Dem 8 p advmod 7 65 65 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 p nummod 8 p p NOUN Number=Sing 4 p conj 9 ! ! PUNCT _ 4 p punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 4 p punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a past Sweets 50 p and 65 p tree rules
Sentence 3: What is the best answer?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET best ADJ answer NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 answer det 4 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 5 answer amod 5 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the best answer tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice The sweets got bigger, so they cost more now
det nsubj xcomp punct advmod nsubj parataxis obj advmod root The DET sweets NOUN got VERB bigger ADJ , PUNCT so ADV they PRON cost VERB more ADJ now ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 sweets det 2 sweets sweet NOUN Number=Plur 3 got nsubj 3 got get VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 bigger big ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 got xcomp 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 cost punct 6 so so ADV _ 8 cost advmod 7 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 cost nsubj 8 cost cost VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 got parataxis 9 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 8 cost obj 10 now now ADV PronType=Dem 8 cost advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get past the sweets big property vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer 2 cost present sweets = sweet more now vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value
Option 2 The shop owner secretly kept 15p of her change for himself
det compound nsubj advmod nummod obj case nmod:poss nmod case obl root The DET shop NOUN owner NOUN secretly ADV kept VERB 15 NUM p NOUN of ADP her PRON change NOUN for ADP himself PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 owner det 2 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 3 owner compound 3 owner owner NOUN Number=Sing 5 kept nsubj 4 secretly secretly ADV _ 5 kept advmod 5 kept keep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 6 15 15 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 p nummod 7 p p NOUN Number=Sing 5 kept obj 8 of of ADP _ 10 change case 9 her her PRON Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 change nmod:poss 10 change change NOUN Number=Sing 7 p nmod 11 for for ADP _ 12 himself case 12 himself himself PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes 5 kept obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 keep past the shop owner 15 p of owner's change for himself = he ; secretly property vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent p=Theme 2 change owner nom change «event intransitive»: poss=agent
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Nobody; prices rose, so the same coin buys less
nsubj punct nsubj punct advmod det amod nsubj conj advmod root Nobody PRON ; PUNCT prices NOUN rose VERB , PUNCT so ADV the DET same ADJ coin NOUN buys VERB less ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 4 rose nsubj 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 4 rose punct 3 prices price NOUN Number=Plur 4 rose nsubj 4 rose rise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 10 buys punct 6 so so ADV _ 10 buys advmod 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 coin det 8 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 9 coin amod 9 coin coin NOUN Number=Sing 10 buys nsubj 10 buys buy VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 rose conj 11 less less ADV Degree=Cmp 10 buys advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 rise past Nobody vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 buy present the same coin less property vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
Option 4 Coins slowly lose their metal and their value
nsubj advmod nmod:poss obj cc nmod:poss conj root Coins NOUN slowly ADV lose VERB their PRON metal NOUN and CCONJ their PRON value NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Coins coin NOUN Number=Plur 3 lose nsubj 2 slowly slowly ADV _ 3 lose advmod 3 lose lose VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 metal nmod:poss 5 metal metal NOUN Number=Sing 3 lose obj 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 value cc 7 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 value nmod:poss 8 value value NOUN Number=Sing 5 metal conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lose present Coins Coins's metal and Coins's value slowly property vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent metal=Eventuality 2 value Coins = coin nom value «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
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