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Test 3 · ★ · Shifts, nights and other ways of working

Overheard: "Unpaid overtime again, they take the piss." What is he angry about?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: they · What happens: overhear, take, be · To what, where: piss

This is test 3 · ★ 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: Overheard: "Unpaid overtime again, they take the piss."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Overheard	overhear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 Unpaid	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 Unpaid	punct
4	Unpaid	unpaid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Overheard	parataxis
5	overtime	overtime	ADV	_	6 again	advmod
6	again	again	ADV	_	4 Unpaid	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 take	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 take	nsubj
9	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 Unpaid	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 piss	det
11	piss	piss	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 take	obj
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Overheard	punct
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Overheard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	overhear	participle							tree rules
2	take in a quote	present	they	the piss					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piss=Theme

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 is he angry about?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 angry	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 angry	cop
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 angry	nsubj
4	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	4 angry	obl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 angry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						angry property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Working extra hours and not being paid for them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Working	work	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 paid	csubj:pass
2	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hours	amod
3	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Working	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 not	cc
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	1 Working	conj
6	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 paid	aux:pass
7	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 them	case
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	gerund					hour		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pay	gerund · passive	Working					for them = they	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: for they=Theme

Option 2

Being paid far too much money for the work he does

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 paid	aux:pass
2	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 does	advcl
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 much	advmod
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 much	advmod
5	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 money	amod
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paid	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 work	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 work	det
9	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paid	obl
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 does	nsubj
11	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	gerund · passive	he not said here	much money				for the work	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: money=Asset for work=Theme
2	do	present	he						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Being sent home early without pay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 sent	aux:pass
2	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
3	home	home	ADV	_	2 sent	advmod
4	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 sent	advmod
5	without	without	ADP	_	6 pay	case
6	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	gerund · passive						without pay; early, home property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»

Option 4

Having to work part-time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 work	mark
3	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Having	xcomp
4	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 time	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 part	punct
6	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 work	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund							tree rules
2	work	to-infinitive					time		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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