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Test 8 · ★ · A new baby in the house

Mum, checking the bank app: "No takeaways for a bit, love, I'm on maternity pay now." Why?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mum, I · What happens: check, be · To what, where: bank app, maternity pay · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 19 «A new baby in the house» of the adult life 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: Mum, checking the bank app: "No takeaways for a bit, love, I'm on maternity pay now."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 checking	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 checking	punct
3	checking	check	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 app	det
5	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 app	compound
6	app	app	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 checking	obj
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 takeaways	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	10 takeaways	punct
9	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 takeaways	det
10	takeaways	takeaway	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 checking	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 bit	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bit	det
13	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 takeaways	nmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 love	punct
15	love	love	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 takeaways	vocative
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 pay	punct
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 pay	nsubj
18	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 pay	cop
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 pay	case
20	maternity	maternity	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 pay	compound
21	pay	pay	NOUN	_	3 checking	parataxis
22	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	21 pay	advmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 pay	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 pay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	gerund	Mum	the bank app					tree rules
2	is in a quote	present	I			maternity pay	now		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: Why?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Takeaways are bad for the new baby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Takeaways	takeaway	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 bad	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bad	cop
3	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 baby	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 baby	det
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 baby	amod
7	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bad	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Takeaways					for the new baby; bad property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Pay is often lower during maternity leave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lower	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lower	cop
3	often	often	ADV	_	4 lower	advmod
4	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	during	during	ADP	_	7 leave	case
6	maternity	maternity	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leave	compound
7	leave	leave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lower	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Pay				during maternity leave	low, often property	tree rules

Option 3

Mum has been sacked from her job

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sacked	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sacked	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 sacked	aux:pass
4	sacked	sack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 job	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 job	nmod:poss
7	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sacked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sack	present · perfect · passive		Mum		her job			vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from job=Source
2	job		her = she						nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The baby has spent all the money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 baby	det
2	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spent	nsubj:pass
3	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 spent	aux
4	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 money	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 money	det
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spent	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	present · perfect · passive		the baby					tree rules

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