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Test 6 · ★★★ · Screen time, wasted time, and putting it all together

Isla: "Time is money? So I can buy sweets with an hour?" What does the saying mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Isla Time, I, saying · What happens: be, buy, mean · To what, where: money, sweets

This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 130 «Screen time, wasted time, and putting it all together» 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: Isla: "Time is money?

compoundpunctpunctnsubjcoppunctrootIslaPROPN:PUNCT"PUNCTTimeNOUNisAUXmoneyNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IslaIslaPROPNNumber=Sing4 Timecompound
2::PUNCT_1 Islapunct
3""PUNCT_1 Islapunct
4TimetimeNOUNNumber=Sing6 moneynsubj
5isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 moneycop
6moneymoneyNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
7??PUNCT_6 moneypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is a in a quotepresentIsla Timemoneytree 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: So I can buy sweets with an hour?"

advmodnsubjauxobjcasedetoblpunctpunctrootSoADVIPRONcanAUXbuyVERBsweetsNOUNwithADPanDEThourNOUN?PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_4 buyadvmod
2IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs4 buynsubj
3cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin4 buyaux
4buybuyVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5sweetssweetNOUNNumber=Plur4 buyobj
6withwithADP_8 hourcase
7anaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 hourdet
8hourhourNOUNNumber=Sing4 buyobl
9??PUNCT_4 buypunct
10""PUNCT_4 buypunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1buycanIsweetshourvn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme

Sentence 3: What does the saying mean?

objauxdetnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONdoesAUXtheDETsayingNOUNmeanVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int5 meanobj
2doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 meanaux
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 sayingdet
4sayingsayingNOUNNumber=Sing5 meannsubj
5meanmeanVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6??PUNCT_5 meanpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresent · do-supportthe sayingvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Money makes time go faster, so rich people get older quicker

nsubjobjxcompadvmodpunctadvmodamodnsubjconjamodobjrootMoneyNOUNmakesVERBtimeNOUNgoVERBfasterADV,PUNCTsoADVrichADJpeopleNOUNgetVERBolderADJquickerNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MoneymoneyNOUNNumber=Sing2 makesnsubj
2makesmakeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing2 makesobj
4gogoVERBVerbForm=Inf2 makesxcomp
5fasterfastADVDegree=Cmp4 goadvmod
6,,PUNCT_10 getpunct
7sosoADV_10 getadvmod
8richrichADJDegree=Pos9 peopleamod
9peoplepeopleNOUNNumber=Plur10 getnsubj
10getgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin2 makesconj
11olderoldADJDegree=Cmp12 quickeramod
12quickerquickerNOUNNumber=Sing10 getobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1makepresentMoneytimetree rules
2goinfinitiveMoney not said herefast propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3getpresentrich peopleolder quickervn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer quicker=Stimulus

Option 2

You can pay for things in the shops with minutes and hours

nsubjauxcaseoblcasedetoblcasenmodccconjrootYouPRONcanAUXpayVERBforADPthingsNOUNinADPtheDETshopsNOUNwithADPminutesNOUNandCCONJhoursNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs3 paynsubj
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin3 payaux
3paypayVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4forforADP_5 thingscase
5thingsthingNOUNNumber=Plur3 payobl
6ininADP_8 shopscase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 shopsdet
8shopsshopNOUNNumber=Plur3 payobl
9withwithADP_10 minutescase
10minutesminuteNOUNNumber=Plur8 shopsnmod
11andandCCONJ_12 hourscc
12hourshourNOUNNumber=Plur8 shopsconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1paycanYouthe shops with minutes and hoursfor thingsvn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for thing=Theme

Option 3

Clocks are made out of money, so time costs a lot to buy

nsubj:passaux:passcasecaseoblpunctadvmodnsubjparataxisdetobjmarkadvclrootClocksNOUNareAUXmadeVERBoutADPofADPmoneyNOUN,PUNCTsoADVtimeNOUNcostsVERBaDETlotNOUNtoPARTbuyVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ClocksclockNOUNNumber=Plur3 madensubj:pass
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 madeaux:pass
3mademakeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4outoutADP_6 moneycase
5ofofADP_6 moneycase
6moneymoneyNOUNNumber=Sing3 madeobl
7,,PUNCT_10 costspunct
8sosoADV_10 costsadvmod
9timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing10 costsnsubj
10costscostVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 madeparataxis
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art12 lotdet
12lotlotNOUNNumber=Sing10 costsobj
13totoPART_14 buymark
14buybuyVERBVerbForm=Inf10 costsadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1make outpresent · passiveClocksmoneytree rules
2costpresenttimea lotvn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme lot=Value
3buyto-infinitivetime not said herevn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Time is valuable; many grown-ups are paid for their time

nsubjcoppunctamodamodpunctnsubj:passaux:passadvclcasenmod:possoblrootTimeNOUNisAUXvaluableADJ;PUNCTmanyADJgrownVERB-PUNCTupsNOUNareAUXpaidVERBforADPtheirPRONtimeNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TimetimeNOUNNumber=Sing3 valuablensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 valuablecop
3valuablevaluableADJDegree=Posrootroot
4;;PUNCT_10 paidpunct
5manymanyADJDegree=Pos8 upsamod
6growngrowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass8 upsamod
7--PUNCT_8 upspunct
8upsupNOUNNumber=Plur10 paidnsubj:pass
9arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin10 paidaux:pass
10paidpayVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 valuableadvcl
11forforADP_13 timecase
12theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 timenmod:poss
13timetimeNOUNNumber=Sing10 paidobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentTimevaluable propertytree rules
2growparticiplevn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3paypresent · passivemany grown upstimevn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

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