Test 5 · ★ · Shifts, nights and other ways of working
Mum, quietly: "Only 12 hours next week. Dunno how we'll pay the gas." Why is money suddenly tight?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dunno, money · What happens: pay, be · To what, where: gas
This is test 5 · ★ 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, quietly: "Only 12 hours next week.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 quietly | punct |
| 3 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 1 Mum | advmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 hours | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 hours | punct |
| 6 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 7 12 | advmod |
| 7 | 12 | 12 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 hours | nummod |
| 8 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Mum | conj |
| 9 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 week | amod |
| 10 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hours | nmod:unmarked |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mum | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Dunno how we'll pay the gas."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dunno | Dunno | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 pay | nsubj |
| 2 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 pay | advmod |
| 3 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 pay | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 pay | aux |
| 5 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 gas | det |
| 7 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pay | obj |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 pay | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 pay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | future | Dunno | the gas | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gas=Asset |
Sentence 3: Why is money suddenly tight?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 tight | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 tight | cop |
| 3 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tight | nsubj |
| 4 | suddenly | suddenly | ADV | _ | 5 tight | advmod |
| 5 | tight | tight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 tight | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | money | suddenly, tight property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She got a pay rise and must pay more tax
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 | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 rise | det |
| 4 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rise | compound |
| 5 | rise | rise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 pay | cc |
| 7 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 pay | aux |
| 8 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 got | conj |
| 9 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 tax | amod |
| 10 | tax | tax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pay | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | She | a pay rise | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rise=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | pay | must | She not said here | more tax | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Asset |
Option 2
The gas company doubled its prices overnight for everybody
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 company | det |
| 2 | gas | gas | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 company | compound |
| 3 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 doubled | nsubj |
| 4 | doubled | double | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 prices | nmod:poss |
| 6 | prices | price | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 doubled | obj |
| 7 | overnight | overnight | ADV | _ | 4 doubled | advmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 everybody | case |
| 9 | everybody | everybody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 doubled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | double | past | the gas company | company's prices | for everybody; overnight property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent price=Patient |
Option 3
She is taking annual leave
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 taking | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 taking | aux |
| 3 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | annual | annual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 leave | amod |
| 5 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 taking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | present · progressive | She | annual leave | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Her hours, and so her pay, went down this week
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 hours | nmod:poss |
| 2 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 went | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 went | punct |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 went | cc |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 went | advmod |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 pay | nmod:poss |
| 7 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 went | nsubj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 pay | punct |
| 9 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | down | down | ADV | _ | 9 went | advmod |
| 11 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 week | det |
| 12 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 went | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go down | past | Her hours | week | down property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||
| 2 | pay | her = she | nom pay «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
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