Test 9 · ★ · Shifts, nights and other ways of working
Overheard: "He's on the buses by day and Deliveroo till midnight, poor sod." What does that tell you?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: He, that · What happens: overhear, be, tell · To what, where: buses, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Overheard: "He's on the buses by day and Deliveroo till midnight, poor sod."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overheard | overhear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Overheard | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 buses | punct |
| 4 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 buses | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 buses | cop |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 buses | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 buses | det |
| 8 | buses | bus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Overheard | obl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 day | case |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Overheard | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 Deliveroo | cc |
| 12 | Deliveroo | Deliveroo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 day | conj |
| 13 | till | till | ADP | _ | 14 midnight | case |
| 14 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 day | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 sod | punct |
| 16 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 sod | amod |
| 17 | sod | sod | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 day | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Overheard | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Overheard | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overhear | participle | day | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | He | the buses | tree rules |
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 does that tell you?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 tell | obj |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | iobj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · do-support | that | you | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He is on a zero-hours contract with no work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 contract | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 contract | cop |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 contract | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 contract | det |
| 5 | zero | zero | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 hours | nummod |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 zero | punct |
| 7 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 contract | compound |
| 8 | contract | contract | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 work | case |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 work | det |
| 11 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 contract | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | a hours contract | with no work | tree rules |
Option 2
He is on annual leave from both jobs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 leave | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 leave | cop |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 leave | case |
| 4 | annual | annual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 leave | amod |
| 5 | leave | leave | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 jobs | case |
| 7 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 jobs | det |
| 8 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 leave | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | annual leave | from both jobs | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He has two jobs and very little rest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 jobs | nummod |
| 4 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 has | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 rest | cc |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 little | advmod |
| 7 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 rest | amod |
| 8 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | He | two jobs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient |
Option 4
He is self-employed and chooses easy hours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 employed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 employed | aux |
| 3 | self | self | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 employed | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 self | punct |
| 5 | employed | employ | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 chooses | cc |
| 7 | chooses | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 employed | conj |
| 8 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 hours | amod |
| 9 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 chooses | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | employ | present · passive | He | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | choose | present | hour | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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