Test 11 · ★ · People and society — communities, work, money and rules

my cousin says a new games console is a need. true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, games console · What happens: say, be · To what, where: need · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 58 «People and society — communities, work, money and rules» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 console	det
5	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 games	amod
6	games	game	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 console	compound
7	console	console	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 need	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 need	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 need	det
10	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 need	punct
12	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	xcomp
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin					true property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	a games console	a need					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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, everyone must have one to live

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 have	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 have	aux
5	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 have	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 live	mark
8	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 have	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	must	everyone	one					tree rules
2	live	to-infinitive	one not said here						vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, all toys are needs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 needs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 toys	det
4	toys	toy	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 needs	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 needs	cop
6	needs	need	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	all toys	needs					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, it is a want; needs are food, water and shelter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 want	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 want	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 want	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 want	det
6	want	want	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 food	punct
8	needs	need	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 food	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 food	cop
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 want	appos
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 water	punct
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 food	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 shelter	cc
14	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 food	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a want					tree rules
2	is a	present	needs	food and water and shelter					tree rules

Option 4

No, a console is a tax

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 tax	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 console	det
4	console	console	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tax	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tax	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tax	det
7	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a console	a tax					tree rules

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