Test 9 · ★ · Money, work and the big choices
Cousin: "Uni means a massive loan, but apprentices get paid from day one." Is that right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Cousin Uni, that · What happens: mean, pay, be · To what, where: massive loan, apprentices
This is test 9 · ★ 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: "Uni means a massive loan, but apprentices get paid from day one."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Uni | compound |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Cousin | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Cousin | punct |
| 4 | Uni | uni | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 loan | det |
| 7 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 loan | amod |
| 8 | loan | loan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 paid | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 paid | cc |
| 11 | apprentices | apprentice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 paid | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 paid | aux:pass |
| 13 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 means | conj |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 one | case |
| 15 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 one | compound |
| 16 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 paid | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean in a quote | present | Cousin Uni | a massive loan | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loan=Topic | ||||
| 2 | pay in a quote | present · passive | apprentices | from day one | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
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: Is that right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 right | nsubj |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yes, that's true
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 true | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 true | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 true | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 true | cop |
| 5 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | true property | tree rules |
Option 2
No, university is always free
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 free | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | university | university | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 free | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 free | cop |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 free | advmod |
| 6 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | university | always, free property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, but apprentices never get jobs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 get | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 get | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 get | cc |
| 4 | apprentices | apprentice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 get | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 get | advmod |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get | present | apprentices | jobs | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus |
Option 4
No, apprentices pay to work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 pay | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | apprentices | apprentice | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pay | nsubj |
| 4 | pay | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 work | mark |
| 6 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 pay | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | apprentices | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | work | to-infinitive | apprentices not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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