--- title: Your little sister says, "Kai's £20 a month is tiny, it'll never be… — Saving for holidays and big things · tree and pragmatics description: Your little sister says, "Kai's £20 a month is tiny, it'll never be anything." What's true after 10 years? 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What's true after 10 years? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** little sister, it · **What happens:** say, be, not be · **To what, where:** anything · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Saving for holidays and big things» of the money 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/money/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/#t10). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your little sister says, "Kai's £20 a month is tiny, it'll never be anything." ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t10:1 # text = Your little sister says, "Kai's £20 a month is tiny, it'll never be anything." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 little little ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 sister sister NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Kai Kai PROPN NNP Number=Sing 9 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 £ £ SYM $ _ 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 tiny tiny ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 18 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 19 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 20 cop _ _ 20 anything anything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 14 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 20 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 20 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your little sister | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | | | | | | tiny *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | future | it | anything | | | | | 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:* What's true after 10 years? ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t10:2 # text = What's true after 10 years? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | year | true *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} It's £20, because savings don't grow ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t10:o1:1 # text = It's £20, because savings don't grow 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 because because SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 7 savings savings NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 10 nsubj _ _ 8 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 grow grow VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **grow** | present · do-support | savings | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} It's £2,400, plus some interest ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t10:o2:1 # text = It's £2,400, plus some interest 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 2,400 2,400 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 6 plus plus CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 8 det _ _ 8 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} It's only about £200 after 10 years ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t10:o3:1 # text = It's only about £200 after 10 years 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 about about ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 200 200 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} It's a full £24,000 after 10 years ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t10:o4:1 # text = It's a full £24,000 after 10 years 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 24,000 24000 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 7 after after ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 years year NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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