Test 2 · ★★ · Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more

«gas bill's mental, we're all in jumpers now, heating on at 8» What is the link to the news, as reported?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, mental · What happens: be, report · To what, where: jumpers, link

This is test 2 · ★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 mental	punct
2	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bill	compound
3	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mental	nsubj
4	's	's	PART	_	3 bill	case
5	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 link	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 jumpers	punct
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 jumpers	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 jumpers	cop
9	all	all	ADV	_	11 jumpers	advmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 jumpers	case
11	jumpers	jumper	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 mental	obl
12	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 mental	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 heating	punct
14	heating	heating	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mental	conj
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 8	case
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 8	case
17	8	8	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 heating	nmod
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 mental	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 link	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 link	cop
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 link	det
22	link	link	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 news	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 news	det
25	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 link	nmod
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 reported	punct
27	as	as	SCONJ	_	28 reported	mark
28	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 link	conj
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	22 link	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	we		jumpers	all property	tree rules
2	is a	present	mental and heating on 8	the link		to the news	tree rules
3	report	participle	mental and heating on 8 not said here				vn characterize-29.2-1-2 «NP V NP»: 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.

The options

Option 1

The family's heater broke and they could not fix it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 family	det
2	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 heater	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 family	case
4	heater	heater	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broke	nsubj
5	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fix	cc
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fix	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 fix	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 fix	advmod
10	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 broke	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 fix	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	the family's heater						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	not fix	could	they	heater					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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

Energy prices shot up in 2022 after the war cut gas supplies to Europe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 prices	compound
2	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cut	nsubj
3	shot	shoot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 prices	acl
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 shot	compound:prt
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 2022	case
6	2022	2022	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 shot	obl
7	after	after	ADP	_	9 war	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 war	det
9	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shot	obl
10	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 supplies	compound
12	supplies	supplies	NOUN	Number=Ptan	10 cut	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	14 Europe	case
14	Europe	Europe	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shoot up	participle		Energy prices not said here		2022	after the war		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cut	past	Energy prices	gas supplies	Europe				vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent supplies=Patient to europe=Result

Option 3

Gas got cheaper, so families chose to use less and save

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 got	xcomp
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 chose	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	7 chose	advmod
6	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 chose	nsubj
7	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 use	mark
9	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 chose	xcomp
10	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 use	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 save	cc
12	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 use	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	get	past	Gas	cheap property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	choose	past	families		tree rules
3	use	to-infinitive	families not said here	less property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	save	infinitive	families not said here		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A new law said everyone must wear jumpers indoors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 law	det
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 law	amod
3	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wear	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 law	acl
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 said	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 wear	aux
7	wear	wear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	jumpers	jumper	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wear	obj
9	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	7 wear	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	everyone	a new law not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent law=Topic
2	wear	must	a new law	jumpers				indoors property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent jumper=Source

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