Test 6 · ★ · Shifts, nights and other ways of working
Your sister says: "Tax and stuff on a payslip just goes in the bin." Put her right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: sister, Tax, you · What happens: say, go, put · To what, where: bin, sister · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Your sister says: "Tax and stuff on a payslip just goes in the bin."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 Tax | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Tax | punct |
| 6 | Tax | tax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 goes | nsubj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 stuff | cc |
| 8 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Tax | conj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 payslip | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 payslip | det |
| 11 | payslip | payslip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Tax | nmod |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 goes | advmod |
| 13 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 bin | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 bin | det |
| 16 | bin | bin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 goes | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your sister | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go in a quote | present | Tax on a payslip and stuff | the bin | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in bin=Location |
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: Put her right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | sister | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent she=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The tax pays for schools, hospitals and roads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 tax | det |
| 2 | tax | tax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pays | nsubj |
| 3 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 schools | case |
| 5 | schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 pays | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 hospitals | punct |
| 7 | hospitals | hospital | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 schools | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 roads | cc |
| 9 | roads | road | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 schools | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | the tax | for schools and hospitals and roads | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for school=Theme |
Option 2
She is right, it is thrown away by the office every month
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 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 thrown | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 thrown | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 thrown | aux:pass |
| 7 | thrown | throw | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 right | parataxis |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 thrown | advmod |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 office | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 office | det |
| 11 | office | office | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thrown | obl |
| 12 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 month | det |
| 13 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 thrown | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | throw away | present · passive | the office | it | month | away property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 3
It is given back at Christmas
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 given | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 Christmas | case |
| 6 | Christmas | Christmas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give back | present · passive | It | Christmas | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 4
It goes to the boss as a bonus
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 boss | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 boss | det |
| 5 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | obl |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 bonus | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bonus | det |
| 8 | bonus | bonus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | It | the boss | as a bonus | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to boss=Initial_Location |
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