Test 1 · Taxes and local councils: bins, roads and schools
Your American cousin says, "Bruh, the store's lowkey scamming me, the price went up at the register." What is really happening?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: American cousin, lowkey, price · What happens: say, scam, go up, happen · To what, where: American cousin, register · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 8 «Taxes and local councils: bins, roads and schools» 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: Your American cousin says, "Bruh, the store's lowkey scamming me, the price went up at the register."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | American | American | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cousin | amod |
| 3 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 lowkey | punct |
| 7 | Bruh | bruh | INTJ | _ | 12 lowkey | discourse |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 Bruh | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 store | det |
| 10 | store | store | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 lowkey | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 store | case |
| 12 | lowkey | lowkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | ccomp |
| 13 | scamming | scam | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 lowkey | acl |
| 14 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 scamming | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 went | punct |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 price | det |
| 17 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 went | nsubj |
| 18 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 lowkey | conj |
| 19 | up | up | ADP | _ | 18 went | compound:prt |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 22 register | case |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 register | det |
| 22 | register | register | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 went | obl |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 lowkey | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 lowkey | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your American cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | scam in a quote | gerund | the store's lowkey not said here | Your American cousin = cousin | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | go up in a quote | past | the price | the register | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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 really happening?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happening | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 happening | aux |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 happening | advmod |
| 4 | happening | happen | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happening | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present · progressive | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The price changes depending on the weather
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 price | det |
| 2 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 changes | nsubj |
| 3 | changes | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | depending | depend | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 changes | advcl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 weather | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 weather | det |
| 7 | weather | weather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 depending | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | present | the price | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | depend | gerund | the price not said here | on the weather | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on weather=Theme |
Option 2
Shops are allowed to make up prices
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shops | shop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 make | mark |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 allowed | xcomp |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 make | compound:prt |
| 7 | prices | price | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | Shops | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | make up not said to happen | to-infinitive | Shops not said here | prices | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme price=Pivot |
Option 3
The store doubles prices for kids who look like they have money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 store | det |
| 2 | store | store | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 doubles | nsubj |
| 3 | doubles | double | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | prices | price | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 doubles | obj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 kids | case |
| 6 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 doubles | obl |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 look | nsubj |
| 8 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 kids | acl:relcl |
| 9 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 11 have | mark |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 have | nsubj |
| 11 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 look | advcl |
| 12 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | double | present | the store | prices | for kids | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent price=Patient | |||
| 2 | look | present | kids | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | have | present | prices = price | money | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Sales tax is added at the till in most US states
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sales | sale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 tax | compound |
| 2 | tax | tax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 added | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 added | aux:pass |
| 4 | added | add | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 till | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 till | det |
| 7 | till | till | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 added | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 states | case |
| 9 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 11 states | amod |
| 10 | US | US | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 states | compound |
| 11 | states | state | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 added | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | present · passive | Sales tax | the till | in most US states | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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