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Test 2 · Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"

Nan: "Seen the sign, pet? Was £50, now £30. Proper bargain!" It was £30 last month. Which is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: see, be · To what, where: Nan

This is test 2 of lesson 176 «Adverts and "8 out of 10 cats"» 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: Nan: "Seen the sign, pet?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Seen	nsubj:pass
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Seen	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Seen	punct
4	Seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sign	det
6	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 Seen	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 pet	punct
8	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sign	conj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 Seen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see in a quote	participle · passive		Nan					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: Was £50, now £30.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 £	cop
2	£	£	SYM	_	root	root
3	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 £	nummod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 £	punct
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 £	advmod
6	£	£	SYM	_	2 £	conj
7	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 £	nummod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 £	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 3: Proper bargain!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bargain	amod
2	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	!	!	PUNCT	_	2 bargain	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 bargain	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 4: It was £30 last month.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 £	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 £	cop
3	£	£	SYM	_	root	root
4	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 month	nummod
5	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 month	amod
6	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 £	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 £	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Sentence 5: Which is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
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						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Not a real sale; the usual price was £30

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 sale	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sale	det
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sale	amod
4	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	4 sale	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 price	det
7	usual	usual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 price	amod
8	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sale	appos
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 £	cop
10	£	£	SYM	_	8 price	nmod
11	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	10 £	nummod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

It's a bargain only if she buys two of them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bargain	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bargain	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bargain	det
4	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 buys	parataxis
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 buys	advmod
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 buys	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 buys	nsubj
8	buys	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 buys	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 two	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a bargain					tree rules
2	buy	present	she	two of them					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Theme

Option 3

It's a bargain, because she saves £20 on it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bargain	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bargain	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bargain	det
4	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 saves	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 saves	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 saves	nsubj
8	saves	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bargain	acl:relcl
9	£	£	SYM	_	8 saves	obj
10	20	20	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 £	nummod
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 saves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a bargain					tree rules
2	save	present	she	a bargain not said here		bargain			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent £=Theme on it=Source

Option 4

It's a bargain, because sales are always real

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bargain	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bargain	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bargain	det
4	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 real	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 real	mark
7	sales	sale	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 real	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 real	cop
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 real	advmod
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bargain	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a bargain					tree rules
2	is	present	sales					always, real property	tree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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