Test 11 · ★★ · Sounds right, but is wrong A cousin in Singapore: "Ball costs 10 cents lah, can or not?" A bat and ball cost $1.10 and the bat costs $1 more. What is the answer?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, bat, answer · What happens: cost, be · To what, where: cents lah
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 183 «Sounds right, but is wrong» 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: A cousin in Singapore: "Ball costs 10 cents lah, can or not?"
det nsubj case nmod punct punct nsubj nummod compound obj punct advcl cc conj punct punct root A DET cousin NOUN in ADP Singapore PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Ball PROPN costs VERB 10 NUM cents NOUN lah NOUN , PUNCT can AUX or CCONJ not PART ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 cousin det 2 cousin cousin NOUN Number=Sing 8 costs nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 4 Singapore case 4 Singapore Singapore PROPN Number=Sing 2 cousin nmod 5 : : PUNCT _ 8 costs punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 8 costs punct 7 Ball Ball PROPN Number=Sing 8 costs nsubj 8 costs cost VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 10 10 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 10 cents nummod 10 cents cent NOUN Number=Plur 11 lah compound 11 lah lah NOUN Number=Sing 8 costs obj 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 can punct 13 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 costs advcl 14 or or CCONJ _ 15 not cc 15 not not PART Polarity=Neg 13 can conj 16 ? ? PUNCT _ 13 can punct 17 " " PUNCT _ 13 can punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cost in a quote present a cousin in Singapore cents lah vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme lah=Value
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 bat and ball cost $1.10 and the bat costs $1 more.
det nsubj cc conj obj nummod cc det nsubj conj obj nummod advmod punct root A DET bat NOUN and CCONJ ball NOUN cost VERB $ SYM 1.10 NUM and CCONJ the DET bat NOUN costs VERB $ SYM 1 NUM more ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 bat det 2 bat bat NOUN Number=Sing 5 cost nsubj 3 and and CCONJ _ 4 ball cc 4 ball ball NOUN Number=Sing 2 bat conj 5 cost cost VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 $ $ SYM _ 5 cost obj 7 1.10 1.10 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 6 $ nummod 8 and and CCONJ _ 11 costs cc 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 bat det 10 bat bat NOUN Number=Sing 11 costs nsubj 11 costs cost VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 cost conj 12 $ $ SYM _ 11 costs obj 13 1 1 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 12 $ nummod 14 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 12 $ advmod 15 . . PUNCT _ 5 cost punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cost present a bat and ball vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme $=Value 2 cost present the bat vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme $=Value
Sentence 3: What is the answer?
cop det nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET answer NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 answer det 4 answer answer NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the answer tree rules
The options Option 1 Can; the bat costs exactly $1
aux punct det nsubj advmod obj nummod root Can AUX ; PUNCT the DET bat NOUN costs VERB exactly ADV $ SYM 1 NUM The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 costs aux 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 5 costs punct 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 bat det 4 bat bat NOUN Number=Sing 5 costs nsubj 5 costs cost VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 exactly exactly ADV _ 7 $ advmod 7 $ $ SYM _ 5 costs obj 8 1 1 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 $ nummod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cost can the bat vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme $=Value
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice Can; the ball costs 10 cents
aux punct det nsubj nummod obj root Can AUX ; PUNCT the DET ball NOUN costs VERB 10 NUM cents NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 costs aux 2 ; ; PUNCT _ 5 costs punct 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 ball det 4 ball ball NOUN Number=Sing 5 costs nsubj 5 costs cost VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 10 10 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 7 cents nummod 7 cents cent NOUN Number=Plur 5 costs obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cost can the ball 10 cents vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme cent=Value
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer Cannot; the ball costs 5 cents
aux advmod csubj det obj nummod obj root Can AUX not PART ; VERB the DET ball NOUN costs VERB 5 NUM cents NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 ; aux 2 not not PART Polarity=Neg 3 ; advmod 3 ; ; VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 costs csubj 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 ball det 5 ball ball NOUN Number=Sing 3 ; obj 6 costs cost VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 5 5 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 cents nummod 8 cents cent NOUN Number=Plur 6 costs obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not ; can the ball tree rules 2 cost present 5 cents vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme cent=Value
Option 4 Cannot; the ball costs 1 cent
aux advmod csubj det obj nummod obj root Can AUX not PART ; VERB the DET ball NOUN costs VERB 1 NUM cent NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 ; aux 2 not not PART Polarity=Neg 3 ; advmod 3 ; ; VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 costs csubj 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 ball det 5 ball ball NOUN Number=Sing 3 ; obj 6 costs cost VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 1 1 NUM NumForm=Digit NumType=Card 8 cent nummod 8 cent cent NOUN Number=Sing 6 costs obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not ; can the ball tree rules 2 cost present 1 cent vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme cent=Value
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