Test 5 · ★ · Money, work and the big choices
Cousin, sixteen: "Café job's dead boring but I got paid, and I'm never late now." What has the job taught her?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, job · What happens: pay, not be, have, teach · To what, where: I, her
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» 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: Cousin, sixteen: "Café job's dead boring but I got paid, and I'm never late now."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sixteen | punct |
| 3 | sixteen | sixteen | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Cousin | appos |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 10 boring | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 boring | punct |
| 6 | Café | Café | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 job | compound |
| 7 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 boring | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 job | case |
| 9 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 boring | amod |
| 10 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Cousin | parataxis |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 paid | cc |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 14 paid | nsubj |
| 13 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 paid | aux:pass |
| 14 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 boring | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 late | punct |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 late | cc |
| 17 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 20 late | nsubj |
| 18 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 late | cop |
| 19 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 20 late | advmod |
| 20 | late | late | ADV | Degree=Pos | 14 paid | advmod |
| 21 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 late | advmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Cousin | punct |
| 23 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Cousin | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay in a quote | past · passive | I | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | |||||
| 2 | not is in a quote | present | I | now | late property | 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 has the job taught her?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 job | det |
| 4 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 taught | nsubj |
| 5 | taught | teach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 has | parataxis |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 taught | iobj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | teach speech: other | past | the job | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
How to cook the café's whole menu
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 cook | advmod |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 cook | mark |
| 3 | cook | cook | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 café | det |
| 5 | café | café | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 menu | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 café | case |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 menu | amod |
| 8 | menu | menu | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cook | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cook | to-infinitive | the café's whole menu | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent menu=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Being on time and earning her own money
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 earning | csubj |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 time | case |
| 3 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Being | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 earning | cc |
| 5 | earning | earn | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 money | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 money | amod |
| 8 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 earning | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | gerund | time | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | earn | gerund | Being | her own money | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
That all jobs are always boring
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 all | nsubj |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 jobs | det |
| 3 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 boring | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 boring | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 boring | advmod |
| 6 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | all jobs | always, boring property | tree rules |
Option 4
That being late is fine at the café as long as you smile
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 late | cop |
| 3 | late | late | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fine | csubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fine | cop |
| 5 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 café | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 café | det |
| 8 | café | café | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fine | obl |
| 9 | as | as | ADV | _ | 10 long | advmod |
| 10 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 fine | advmod |
| 11 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 13 smile | mark |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 smile | nsubj |
| 13 | smile | smile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 long | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | late property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | That | the café | fine, long property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | smile | present | you | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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