Test 8 · ★ · Shifts, nights and other ways of working
Your friend says: "My mum only works mornings, so she doesn't really work." Put her right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, mum, you · What happens: say, work, not work, put · To what, where: mum · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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 friend says: "My mum only works mornings, so she doesn't really work."
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 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 works | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 works | punct |
| 6 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 mum | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 works | nsubj |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 works | advmod |
| 9 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | conj |
| 10 | mornings | morning | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 works | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 work | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 work | advmod |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 work | nsubj |
| 14 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 work | aux |
| 15 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 work | advmod |
| 16 | really | really | ADV | _ | 17 work | advmod |
| 17 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 work | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 work | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Your friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | work in a quote | present | My mum | morning | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | not work in a quote | present · do-support | mum | 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: 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 | mum | 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
Part-time work is real work, just fewer hours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 time | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Part | punct |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 work | compound |
| 4 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 work | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 work | cop |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 work | amod |
| 7 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 hours | punct |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 hours | advmod |
| 10 | fewer | few | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 hours | amod |
| 11 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 work | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | time work | real work and fewer hours | tree rules |
Option 2
She is right, only full-time is real work
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 | _ | 11 work | punct |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 time | advmod |
| 6 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 time | amod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 full | punct |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 work | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 work | cop |
| 10 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 work | amod |
| 11 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | She | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | full time | real work | tree rules |
Option 3
Her mum is retired
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 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 retired | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 retired | aux:pass |
| 4 | retired | retire | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | retire | present · passive | Her mum | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |
Option 4
Morning work doesn't count as a job
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 work | compound |
| 2 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 count | nsubj |
| 3 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 count | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 count | advmod |
| 5 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 job | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 job | det |
| 8 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 count | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not count | present · do-support | Morning work | as a job | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as job=Attribute |
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