Test 7 · ★★ · Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more
«they SHRANK it, same price, that's not bostin'» (bostin' = brilliant). What can Chloe check?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, that, Chloe · What happens: shrink, not be, check · To what, where: it, bostin
This is test 7 · ★★ 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: «they SHRANK it, same price, that's not bostin'» (bostin' = brilliant).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 3 SHRANK | punct |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 SHRANK | nsubj |
| 3 | SHRANK | shrink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 SHRANK | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 price | punct |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 price | amod |
| 7 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 SHRANK | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 bostin | punct |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 bostin | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 bostin | cop |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 bostin | advmod |
| 12 | bostin | bostin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 price | appos |
| 13 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 12 bostin | punct |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 bostin | punct |
| 15 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 16 bostin | punct |
| 16 | bostin | bostin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 bostin | appos |
| 17 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 16 bostin | punct |
| 18 | = | = | SYM | _ | 19 brilliant | punct |
| 19 | brilliant | brilliant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 bostin | appos |
| 20 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 16 bostin | punct |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 SHRANK | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shrink in a quote | past | they | it | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Patient price=Result | ||||
| 2 | not is a in a quote | present | that | bostin | 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.
Sentence 2: What can Chloe check?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 check | obj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 check | aux |
| 3 | Chloe | Chloe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 check | nsubj |
| 4 | check | check | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 check | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | can | Chloe | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The advert for it that was on TV last night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 advert | det |
| 2 | advert | advert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 TV | nsubj |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 advert | nmod |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 TV | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 TV | cop |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 TV | case |
| 8 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 night | amod |
| 10 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 TV | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the advert for it | TV | night | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The weight on the packet and the unit price
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 weight | det |
| 2 | weight | weight | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 packet | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 packet | det |
| 5 | packet | packet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 weight | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 price | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 price | det |
| 8 | unit | unit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 price | compound |
| 9 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 packet | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The shop's opening hours on the door
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 shop | det |
| 2 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hours | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 shop | case |
| 4 | opening | opening | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hours | amod |
| 5 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 door | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 door | det |
| 8 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hours | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The colour of the wrapper and the logo
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 colour | det |
| 2 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 wrapper | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 wrapper | det |
| 5 | wrapper | wrapper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 colour | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 logo | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 logo | det |
| 8 | logo | logo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 colour | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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