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".
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 girl | det |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 family | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 girl | case |
| 7 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 use | nsubj |
| 8 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 use | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 use | advmod |
| 10 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 bank | det |
| 12 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bank | compound |
| 13 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 use | obj |
| 14 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 18 has | mark |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 has | punct |
| 16 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 dad | nmod:poss |
| 17 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 has | nsubj |
| 18 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 use | advcl |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 job | det |
| 20 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 has | obj |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 20 job | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a boy | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not use | can | the girl's family | the food bank | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bank=Patient | ||||
| 3 | have in a quote | present | family's dad | a job | vn 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only people without any job at all can ever be hungry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 people | advmod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 hungry | nsubj |
| 3 | without | without | ADP | _ | 5 job | case |
| 4 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 job | det |
| 5 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 people | nmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 job | nmod |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 hungry | aux |
| 9 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 11 hungry | advmod |
| 10 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 hungry | cop |
| 11 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | can | people without any job at all | ever | hungry property | tree rules |
Option 2
Food banks check everyone's school marks before they help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 banks | compound |
| 2 | banks | bank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 check | nsubj |
| 3 | check | check | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 school | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 everyone | case |
| 6 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 marks | compound |
| 7 | marks | mark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 check | obj |
| 8 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 10 help | mark |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 help | nsubj |
| 10 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 check | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | present | Food banks | school marks | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Theme | ||||
| 2 | help | present | banks = bank | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 families | det |
| 2 | families | family | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 cover | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 jobs | case |
| 4 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 families | nmod |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 8 cover | advmod |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 cover | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 cover | advmod |
| 8 | cover | cover | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | rising | rise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 rent | amod |
| 10 | rent | rent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cover | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 bills | punct |
| 12 | bills | bill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 rent | conj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 food | cc |
| 14 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rent | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not cover | can | some families with jobs | rising rent and bills and food | still | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rent=Destination | |||
| 2 | rise | gerund | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Her dad must be lying about having a job
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lying | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 lying | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 lying | aux |
| 5 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 7 having | mark |
| 7 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 lying | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 job | det |
| 9 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 having | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | must · progressive | Her dad | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | have | gerund | Her dad not said here | a job | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient |
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