Test 7 · ★ · Shifts, nights and other ways of working
Dad: "Gross is three grand but I only see two and a bit." What is the "two and a bit"?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad, I · What happens: be, see · To what, where: two
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Dad: "Gross is three grand but I only see two and a bit."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 grand | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 grand | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 grand | punct |
| 4 | Gross | Gross | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 grand | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 grand | cop |
| 6 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 grand | nummod |
| 7 | grand | grand | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 see | cc |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 see | nsubj |
| 10 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 see | advmod |
| 11 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 grand | conj |
| 12 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 see | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 bit | cc |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 bit | det |
| 15 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 two | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 grand | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 grand | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | Dad | grand property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see in a quote | present | I | two and a bit | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer two=Stimulus |
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 the "two and a bit"?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 two | det |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 two | punct |
| 5 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 What | appos |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 bit | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bit | det |
| 8 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 two | conj |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 bit | punct |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
His gross pay
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 pay | nmod:poss |
| 2 | gross | gross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pay | amod |
| 3 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | His = he | nom pay «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
His net, or take-home, pay
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 net | nmod:poss |
| 2 | net | net | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 take | punct |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 take | cc |
| 5 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 net | acl:relcl |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 home | punct |
| 7 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 take | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 pay | punct |
| 9 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 net | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | infinitive | His net and pay not said here | home | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme |
Option 3
His overtime
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 overtime | nmod:poss |
| 2 | overtime | overtime | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
His tax
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 tax | nmod:poss |
| 2 | tax | tax | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tax | His = he | nom tax «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
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