Test 4 · ★ · Shifts, nights and other ways of working
Grandad: "Your aunt went self-employed, so no sick pay, she worked through the flu." Why did she work with the flu?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, aunt · What happens: go, employ, work · To what, where: sick pay, flu
This is test 4 · ★ 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: Grandad: "Your aunt went self-employed, so no sick pay, she worked through the flu."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grandad | Grandad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 went | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 went | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 went | punct |
| 4 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 aunt | nmod:poss |
| 5 | aunt | aunt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 went | nsubj |
| 6 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 employed | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 self | punct |
| 9 | employed | employ | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 went | xcomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 pay | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 pay | advmod |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 14 pay | det |
| 13 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 pay | amod |
| 14 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 went | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 worked | punct |
| 16 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 worked | nsubj |
| 17 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 went | conj |
| 18 | through | through | ADP | _ | 20 flu | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 flu | det |
| 20 | flu | flu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 worked | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 went | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | past | Grandad | no sick pay | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | employ in a quote | participle | Grandad not said here | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | work in a quote | past | aunt | the flu | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 did she work with the flu?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 work | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 work | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 work | nsubj |
| 4 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 flu | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 flu | det |
| 7 | flu | flu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 work | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 work | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | past · do-support | aunt | with the flu | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with flu=Co-Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She had run out of holiday
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 run | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 run | aux |
| 3 | run | run | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 holiday | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 holiday | case |
| 6 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | past · perfect | She | holiday | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out holiday=Trajectory |
Option 2
Work is the best cure for flu
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cure | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cure | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cure | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 cure | amod |
| 5 | cure | cure | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 flu | case |
| 7 | flu | flu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cure | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Work | the best cure | for flu | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
If she doesn't work, she doesn't get paid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 work | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 work | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 work | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 work | advmod |
| 5 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 paid | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 work | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 paid | nsubj |
| 8 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 paid | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 paid | advmod |
| 10 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 paid | aux:pass |
| 11 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not work a condition, not said to happen | present · do-support | she | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not pay | present · passive · do-support | she | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
Option 4
Her boss made her come in
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 | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | obj |
| 5 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 made | xcomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADV | _ | 5 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | Her boss | her = she | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come in | infinitive | her = she not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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