Test 1 · ★ · Where money comes from
Overheard: "Did 50 hours this week, still same money, cos I'm salaried." Why no extra pay?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: overhear, do, salary · To what, where: I
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 5 «Where money comes from» 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: "Did 50 hours this week, still same money, cos I'm salaried."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overheard | overhear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 Did | advcl |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Overheard | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Did | punct |
| 4 | Did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | 50 | 50 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 hours | nummod |
| 6 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 Did | obj |
| 7 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 week | det |
| 8 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Did | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 money | punct |
| 10 | still | still | ADV | _ | 12 money | advmod |
| 11 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 money | amod |
| 12 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Did | parataxis |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 salaried | punct |
| 14 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 17 salaried | mark |
| 15 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 17 salaried | nsubj |
| 16 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 salaried | aux:pass |
| 17 | salaried | salary | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 Did | parataxis |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 17 salaried | punct |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 salaried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overhear | participle | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | do in a quote | past | hour; week | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | salary in a quote | present · passive | I | 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: Why no extra pay?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 pay | det |
| 3 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 pay | amod |
| 4 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He is on wages, which never change however long he works
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 | 4 wages | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wages | cop |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 wages | case |
| 4 | wages | wage | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 change | punct |
| 6 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 change | nsubj |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 change | advmod |
| 8 | change | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wages | acl:relcl |
| 9 | however | however | ADV | _ | 10 long | advmod |
| 10 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 change | advmod |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 works | nsubj |
| 12 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wages | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | wages | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not change | present | wages | long property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | work | present | he | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Salaried workers are paid by the hour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salaried | salary | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 workers | amod |
| 2 | workers | worker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 paid | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 paid | aux:pass |
| 4 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 hour | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hour | det |
| 7 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 paid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | salary | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | pay | present · passive | Salaried workers | hour | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
Option 3
His boss forgot to count the hours
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 boss | nmod:poss |
| 2 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 forgot | nsubj |
| 3 | forgot | forget | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 count | mark |
| 5 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 forgot | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hours | det |
| 7 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 count | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forget | past | His boss | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | not count | to-infinitive | His boss not said here | hour | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A salary is fixed, extra hours may earn nothing extra
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 salary | det |
| 2 | salary | salary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fixed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fixed | aux:pass |
| 4 | fixed | fix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 earn | punct |
| 6 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hours | amod |
| 7 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 earn | nsubj |
| 8 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 earn | aux |
| 9 | earn | earn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 fixed | parataxis |
| 10 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 earn | obj |
| 11 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 nothing | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | present · passive | a salary | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | earn | may | extra hours | nothing | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme |
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