Test 6 · "In the olden days": Grandad's 1990 Grandad, a proper Geordie (from Newcastle): "Sweets were 10p, man, now they're a quid, it's daylight robbery!" ("A quid" means £1.) What's the honest reply?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sweets, quid, honest reply · What happens: be, mean · To what, where: 10 p, quid, daylight robbery
This is test 6 of lesson 126 «"In the olden days": Grandad's 1990» of the world 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: Grandad, a proper Geordie (from Newcastle): "Sweets were 10p, man, now they're a quid, it's daylight robbery!"
nsubj punct det amod punct case appos punct punct punct nsubj cop nummod acl:relcl punct conj punct advmod nsubj cop det parataxis punct nsubj cop compound appos punct punct root Grandad PROPN , PUNCT a DET proper ADJ Geordie PROPN ( PUNCT from ADP Newcastle PROPN ) PUNCT : PUNCT " PUNCT Sweets NOUN were AUX 10 NUM p NOUN , PUNCT man NOUN , PUNCT now ADV they PRON 're AUX a DET quid NOUN , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX daylight NOUN robbery NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN Number=Sing 5 Geordie nsubj 2 , , PUNCT _ 5 Geordie punct 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 5 Geordie det 4 proper proper ADJ Degree=Pos 5 Geordie amod 5 Geordie Geordie PROPN Number=Sing root root 6 ( ( PUNCT _ 8 Newcastle punct 7 from from ADP _ 8 Newcastle case 8 Newcastle Newcastle PROPN Number=Sing 5 Geordie appos 9 ) ) PUNCT _ 8 Newcastle punct 10 : : PUNCT _ 15 p punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 15 p punct 12 Sweets sweet NOUN Number=Plur 15 p nsubj 13 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 15 p cop 14 10 10 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 15 p nummod 15 p p NOUN Number=Sing 5 Geordie acl:relcl 16 , , PUNCT _ 17 man punct 17 man man NOUN Number=Sing 15 p conj 18 , , PUNCT _ 23 quid punct 19 now now ADV PronType=Dem 23 quid advmod 20 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 23 quid nsubj 21 're be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 23 quid cop 22 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 23 quid det 23 quid quid NOUN Number=Sing 5 Geordie parataxis 24 , , PUNCT _ 28 robbery punct 25 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 28 robbery nsubj 26 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 28 robbery cop 27 daylight daylight NOUN Number=Sing 28 robbery compound 28 robbery robbery NOUN Number=Sing 23 quid appos 29 ! ! PUNCT _ 28 robbery punct 30 " " PUNCT _ 28 robbery punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a in a quote past Sweets 10 p and man tree rules 2 is a in a quote present Sweets = sweet a quid now tree rules 3 is a in a quote present quid daylight robbery 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: ("A quid" means £1.)
punct punct det nsubj punct obj nummod punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT A DET quid NOUN " PUNCT means VERB £ SYM 1 NUM . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 4 quid punct 3 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 quid det 4 quid quid NOUN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 5 " " PUNCT _ 4 quid punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 £ £ SYM _ 6 means obj 8 1 1 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 £ nummod 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present a quid vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Topic
Sentence 3: What's the honest reply?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET honest ADJ reply NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 reply det 4 honest honest ADJ Degree=Pos 5 reply amod 5 reply reply NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the honest reply tree rules
The options Option 1 Pennies were worth less in the old days, so sweets were cheaper still
nsubj cop advmod case det amod obl punct advmod nsubj cop parataxis advmod root Pennies NOUN were AUX worth ADJ less ADV in ADP the DET old ADJ days NOUN , PUNCT so ADV sweets NOUN were AUX cheaper ADJ still ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Pennies penny NOUN Number=Plur 3 worth nsubj 2 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 worth cop 3 worth worth ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 less less ADV Degree=Cmp 3 worth advmod 5 in in ADP _ 8 days case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 days det 7 old old ADJ Degree=Pos 8 days amod 8 days day NOUN Number=Plur 3 worth obl 9 , , PUNCT _ 13 cheaper punct 10 so so ADV _ 13 cheaper advmod 11 sweets sweet NOUN Number=Plur 13 cheaper nsubj 12 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 13 cheaper cop 13 cheaper cheap ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 worth parataxis 14 still still ADV _ 3 worth advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past Pennies still; day less, worth property tree rules 2 is past sweets cheap property tree rules
Option 2 The shop is cheating him out of 90p
det nsubj aux obj case case nummod obl root The DET shop NOUN is AUX cheating VERB him PRON out ADP of ADP 90 NUM p NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 shop det 2 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 4 cheating nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 cheating aux 4 cheating cheat VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 cheating obj 6 out out ADP _ 9 p case 7 of of ADP _ 9 p case 8 90 90 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 9 p nummod 9 p p NOUN Number=Sing 4 cheating obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cheat present · progressive the shop him = he 90 p vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Source
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Prices rise over time, but people's pay was lower then too
nsubj case obl punct cc nmod:poss case nsubj cop conj advmod advmod root Prices NOUN rise VERB over ADP time NOUN , PUNCT but CCONJ people NOUN 's PART pay NOUN was AUX lower ADJ then ADV too ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Prices price NOUN Number=Plur 2 rise nsubj 2 rise rise VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 over over ADP _ 4 time case 4 time time NOUN Number=Sing 2 rise obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 11 lower punct 6 but but CCONJ _ 11 lower cc 7 people people NOUN Number=Plur 9 pay nmod:poss 8 's 's PART _ 7 people case 9 pay pay NOUN Number=Sing 11 lower nsubj 10 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 11 lower cop 11 lower low ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 rise conj 12 then then ADV PronType=Dem 11 lower advmod 13 too too ADV _ 2 rise advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 rise present Prices time vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is past people's pay then low property tree rules 3 pay people nom pay «possession transitive»: poss=agent
Option 4 Sweets cost 100 times more now
nsubj nummod obl:unmarked obj advmod root Sweets NOUN cost VERB 100 NUM times NOUN more ADJ now ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sweets sweet NOUN Number=Plur 2 cost nsubj 2 cost cost VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 100 100 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 4 times nummod 4 times time NOUN Number=Plur 5 more obl:unmarked 5 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 cost obj 6 now now ADV PronType=Dem 2 cost advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cost present Sweets more now vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value
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