Test 11 · ★ · Shifts, nights and other ways of working
Mum, croaky: "Cough's awful but if I don't go in I don't get paid." What follows if she goes in ill?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: I, Mum · What happens: not go, not pay, follow, go · To what, where: I, ill
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2 «Shifts, nights and other ways of working» 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, croaky: "Cough's awful but if I don't go in I don't get paid."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 croaky | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 croaky | punct |
| 3 | croaky | croaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 awful | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 awful | punct |
| 6 | Cough | cough | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 awful | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Cough | case |
| 8 | awful | awful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 croaky | parataxis |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 go | cc |
| 10 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 14 go | mark |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 go | nsubj |
| 12 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 go | aux |
| 13 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 go | advmod |
| 14 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 awful | conj |
| 15 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 20 paid | mark |
| 16 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 paid | nsubj |
| 17 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 paid | aux |
| 18 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 20 paid | advmod |
| 19 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 20 paid | aux:pass |
| 20 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 go | advcl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 croaky | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 croaky | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go in a quote | present · do-support | I | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not pay in a quote | present · passive · do-support | I | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
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 follows if she goes in ill?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 follows | nsubj |
| 2 | follows | follow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 goes | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 goes | nsubj |
| 5 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 follows | advcl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 ill | case |
| 7 | ill | ill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 goes | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 follows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | present | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | go a condition, not said to happen | present | Mum | ill | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in ill=Location |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Her germs may spread to her colleagues
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 germs | nmod:poss |
| 2 | germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 spread | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 spread | aux |
| 4 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 colleagues | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 colleagues | nmod:poss |
| 7 | colleagues | colleague | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 spread | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | may | Her germs | to her colleagues | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
She will get better faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 get | xcomp |
| 5 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | future | She | fast, good property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
She will be paid double
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 paid | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 paid | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 paid | aux:pass |
| 4 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | double | double | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 paid | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | future · passive | She | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient double=Asset |
Option 4
Her boss will give her a prize
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 boss | nmod:poss |
| 2 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 give | aux |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 give | iobj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 prize | det |
| 7 | prize | prize | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | future | Her boss | a prize | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient prize=Theme |
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