Test 7 · ★★ · Hard things at home: broken promises, silence, money and i…

A kid at school says, "food banks are only for people who don't work, innit." Is he right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, food banks, people · What happens: say, be, not work, innit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Hard things at home: broken promises, silence, money and illness» of the reflection 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 kid at school says, "food banks are only for people who don't work, innit."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kid	det
2	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 school	case
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kid	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 people	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 people	punct
8	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 banks	compound
9	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 people	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 people	cop
11	only	only	ADV	_	13 people	advmod
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 people	case
13	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 says	ccomp
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 work	nsubj
15	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 work	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 work	advmod
17	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 people	acl:relcl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 innit	punct
19	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 work	conj
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 work	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 work	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a kid at school		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present	food banks	for people	tree rules
3	not work in a quote	present · do-support	people		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	innit in a quote	infinitive	people not said here		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: Is he right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	kid					right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

No; lots of ordinary families use them, no shame

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 lots	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 families	case
5	ordinary	ordinary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 families	amod
6	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 use	nsubj
7	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lots	acl:relcl
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 use	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 shame	punct
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 shame	det
11	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lots	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	ordinary families	lots = lot					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes; only people who don't have a job ever use them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 people	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 people	advmod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 have	nsubj
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 have	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 have	advmod
8	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 people	acl:relcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 job	det
10	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 have	obj
11	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	12 use	advmod
12	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 have	xcomp
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	present · do-support	people	a job					tree rules
2	use	infinitive	a job not said here	people			ever		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

Yes; nobody normal or hard-working ever needs free food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 normal	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 normal	punct
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 normal	nsubj
4	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 hard	cc
6	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 normal	conj
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 hard	punct
8	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 needs	csubj
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 needs	advmod
10	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 normal	parataxis
11	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 food	amod
12	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 needs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	gerund							vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	need	present	working	free food			ever		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot food=Theme

Option 4

No, food banks are only for restaurants and cafés, not families

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 banks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 banks	compound
4	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 restaurants	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 restaurants	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 restaurants	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 restaurants	case
8	restaurants	restaurant	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 cafés	cc
10	cafés	café	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 restaurants	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 families	punct
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 families	advmod
13	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 restaurants	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	food banks					for restaurants and cafés and families	tree rules

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