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Test 8 · ★★ · Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more

A boy says the girl's family can't use the food bank because "her dad has a job". What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, family, dad · What happens: say, not use, have, be · To what, where: food bank, job · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★★ 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: A boy says the girl's family can't use the food bank because "her dad has a job".

detnsubjdetnmod:posscasensubjauxadvmodccompdetcompoundobjmarkpunctnmod:possnsubjadvcldetobjpunctpunctrootADETboyNOUNsaysVERBtheDETgirlNOUN'sPARTfamilyNOUNcaAUXn'tPARTuseVERBtheDETfoodNOUNbankNOUNbecauseSCONJ"PUNCTherPRONdadNOUNhasVERBaDETjobNOUN"PUNCT.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 boydet
2boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 girldet
5girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing7 familynmod:poss
6's'sPART_5 girlcase
7familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing10 usensubj
8cacanAUXVerbForm=Fin10 useaux
9n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg10 useadvmod
10useuseVERBVerbForm=Inf3 saysccomp
11thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 bankdet
12foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing13 bankcompound
13bankbankNOUNNumber=Sing10 useobj
14becausebecauseSCONJ_18 hasmark
15""PUNCT_18 haspunct
16herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs17 dadnmod:poss
17daddadNOUNNumber=Sing18 hasnsubj
18hashaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 useadvcl
19aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art20 jobdet
20jobjobNOUNNumber=Sing18 hasobj
21""PUNCT_20 jobpunct
22..PUNCT_3 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresenta boyvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2not usecanthe girl's familythe food bankvn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bank=Patient
3have in a quotepresentfamily's dada jobvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient

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 is true?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtrueADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 truensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Only people without any job at all can ever be hungry

advmodnsubjcasedetnmodcasenmodauxadvmodcoprootOnlyADVpeopleNOUNwithoutADPanyDETjobNOUNatADPallDETcanAUXeverADVbeAUXhungryADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1OnlyonlyADV_2 peopleadvmod
2peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur11 hungrynsubj
3withoutwithoutADP_5 jobcase
4anyanyDETPronType=Ind5 jobdet
5jobjobNOUNNumber=Sing2 peoplenmod
6atatADP_7 allcase
7allallDETPronType=Tot5 jobnmod
8cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin11 hungryaux
9evereverADVPronType=Ind11 hungryadvmod
10bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf11 hungrycop
11hungryhungryADJDegree=Posrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1iscanpeople without any job at alleverhungry propertytree rules

Option 2

Food banks check everyone's school marks before they help

compoundnsubjnmod:posscasecompoundobjmarknsubjadvclrootFoodNOUNbanksNOUNcheckVERBeveryonePRON'sPARTschoolNOUNmarksNOUNbeforeSCONJtheyPRONhelpVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1FoodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing2 bankscompound
2banksbankNOUNNumber=Plur3 checknsubj
3checkcheckVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4everyoneeveryonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Tot6 schoolnmod:poss
5's'sPART_4 everyonecase
6schoolschoolNOUNNumber=Sing7 markscompound
7marksmarkNOUNNumber=Plur3 checkobj
8beforebeforeSCONJ_10 helpmark
9theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs10 helpnsubj
10helphelpVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 checkadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1checkpresentFood banksschool marksvn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Theme
2helppresentbanks = bankvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Some families with jobs still cannot cover rising rent, bills and food

detnsubjcasenmodadvmodauxadvmodamodobjpunctconjccconjrootSomeDETfamiliesNOUNwithADPjobsNOUNstillADVcanAUXnotPARTcoverVERBrisingVERBrentNOUN,PUNCTbillsNOUNandCCONJfoodNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SomesomeDETPronType=Ind2 familiesdet
2familiesfamilyNOUNNumber=Plur8 covernsubj
3withwithADP_4 jobscase
4jobsjobNOUNNumber=Plur2 familiesnmod
5stillstillADV_8 coveradvmod
6cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin8 coveraux
7notnotPARTPolarity=Neg8 coveradvmod
8covercoverVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
9risingriseVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part10 rentamod
10rentrentNOUNNumber=Sing8 coverobj
11,,PUNCT_12 billspunct
12billsbillNOUNNumber=Plur10 rentconj
13andandCCONJ_14 foodcc
14foodfoodNOUNNumber=Sing10 rentconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not covercansome families with jobsrising rent and bills and foodstillvn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rent=Destination
2risegerundvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Her dad must be lying about having a job

nmod:possnsubjauxauxmarkadvcldetobjrootHerPRONdadNOUNmustAUXbeAUXlyingVERBaboutSCONJhavingVERBaDETjobNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HerherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 dadnmod:poss
2daddadNOUNNumber=Sing5 lyingnsubj
3mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin5 lyingaux
4bebeAUXVerbForm=Inf5 lyingaux
5lyinglieVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
6aboutaboutSCONJ_7 havingmark
7havinghaveVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 lyingadvcl
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 jobdet
9jobjobNOUNNumber=Sing7 havingobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1liemust · progressiveHer dadvn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2havegerundHer dad not said herea jobvn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient

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