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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."

nmod:possamodnsubjpunctpunctdiscoursepunctdetnmod:posscaseccompaclobjpunctdetnsubjconjcompound:prtcasedetoblpunctpunctrootYourPRONAmericanADJcousinNOUNsaysVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTBruhINTJ,PUNCTtheDETstoreNOUN'sPARTlowkeyNOUNscammingVERBmePRON,PUNCTtheDETpriceNOUNwentVERBupADPatADPtheDETregisterNOUN.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs3 cousinnmod:poss
2AmericanAmericanADJDegree=Pos3 cousinamod
3cousincousinNOUNNumber=Sing4 saysnsubj
4sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5,,PUNCT_4 sayspunct
6""PUNCT_12 lowkeypunct
7BruhbruhINTJ_12 lowkeydiscourse
8,,PUNCT_7 Bruhpunct
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 storedet
10storestoreNOUNNumber=Sing12 lowkeynmod:poss
11's'sPART_10 storecase
12lowkeylowkeyNOUNNumber=Sing4 saysccomp
13scammingscamVERBVerbForm=Ger12 lowkeyacl
14meIPRONCase=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs13 scammingobj
15,,PUNCT_18 wentpunct
16thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art17 pricedet
17pricepriceNOUNNumber=Sing18 wentnsubj
18wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin12 lowkeyconj
19upupADP_18 wentcompound:prt
20atatADP_22 registercase
21thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art22 registerdet
22registerregisterNOUNNumber=Sing18 wentobl
23..PUNCT_12 lowkeypunct
24""PUNCT_12 lowkeypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentYour American cousinvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2scam in a quotegerundthe store's lowkey not said hereYour American cousin = cousintree rules
3go up in a quotepastthe pricethe registervn 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?

nsubjauxadvmodpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXreallyADVhappeningVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 happeningnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 happeningaux
3reallyreallyADV_4 happeningadvmod
4happeninghappenVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
5??PUNCT_4 happeningpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpresent · progressivevn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The price changes depending on the weather

detnsubjadvclcasedetoblrootTheDETpriceNOUNchangesVERBdependingVERBonADPtheDETweatherNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 pricedet
2pricepriceNOUNNumber=Sing3 changesnsubj
3changeschangeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4dependingdependVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 changesadvcl
5ononADP_7 weathercase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 weatherdet
7weatherweatherNOUNNumber=Sing4 dependingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1changepresentthe pricevn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2dependgerundthe price not said hereon the weathervn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on weather=Theme

Option 2

Shops are allowed to make up prices

nsubj:passaux:passmarkxcompcompound:prtobjrootShopsNOUNareAUXallowedVERBtoPARTmakeVERBupADPpricesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ShopsshopNOUNNumber=Plur3 allowednsubj:pass
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 allowedaux:pass
3allowedallowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4totoPART_5 makemark
5makemakeVERBVerbForm=Inf3 allowedxcomp
6upupADP_5 makecompound:prt
7pricespriceNOUNNumber=Plur5 makeobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1allowpresent · passiveShopsvn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2make up not said to happento-infinitiveShops not said herepricesvn 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

detnsubjobjcaseoblnsubjacl:relclmarknsubjadvclobjrootTheDETstoreNOUNdoublesVERBpricesNOUNforADPkidsNOUNwhoPRONlookVERBlikeSCONJtheyPRONhaveVERBmoneyNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art2 storedet
2storestoreNOUNNumber=Sing3 doublesnsubj
3doublesdoubleVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4pricespriceNOUNNumber=Plur3 doublesobj
5forforADP_6 kidscase
6kidskidNOUNNumber=Plur3 doublesobl
7whowhoPRONPronType=Rel8 looknsubj
8looklookVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 kidsacl:relcl
9likelikeSCONJ_11 havemark
10theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs11 havensubj
11havehaveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin8 lookadvcl
12moneymoneyNOUNNumber=Sing11 haveobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1doublepresentthe storepricesfor kidsvn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent price=Patient
2lookpresentkidsvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3havepresentprices = pricemoneyvn 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

compoundnsubj:passaux:passcasedetoblcaseamodcompoundoblrootSalesNOUNtaxNOUNisAUXaddedVERBatADPtheDETtillNOUNinADPmostADJUSPROPNstatesNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SalessaleNOUNNumber=Plur2 taxcompound
2taxtaxNOUNNumber=Sing4 addednsubj:pass
3isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 addedaux:pass
4addedaddVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5atatADP_7 tillcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 tilldet
7tilltillNOUNNumber=Sing4 addedobl
8ininADP_11 statescase
9mostmostADJDegree=Sup11 statesamod
10USUSPROPNNumber=Sing11 statescompound
11statesstateNOUNNumber=Plur4 addedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1add speech: assertpresent · passiveSales taxthe tillin most US statesvn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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