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Test 9 · ★ · Where money comes from

Grandad: "NI went up, so my take-home's down a tenner." Why is his take-home lower?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Grandad, take home · What happens: go up, be

This is test 9 · ★ 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: Grandad: "NI went up, so my take-home's down a tenner."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grandad	Grandad	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 went	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 went	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 went	punct
4	NI	no	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 went	nsubj
5	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 went	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 tenner	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	16 tenner	advmod
9	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 home	nmod:poss
10	take	take	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 home	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 take	punct
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tenner	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 home	case
14	down	down	ADP	_	16 tenner	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 tenner	det
16	tenner	tenner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 went	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 tenner	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 tenner	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go up in a quote	past	Grandad					down my take home's tenner	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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 is his take-home lower?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 lower	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 lower	cop
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 home	nmod:poss
4	take	take	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 home	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 take	punct
6	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lower	nsubj
7	lower	low	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 lower	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Grandad's take home					low property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

His boss cut his salary

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 cut	nsubj
3	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 salary	nmod:poss
5	salary	salary	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	His boss	boss's salary					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset salary=Product

Option 2

The bank charged him a fee

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bank	det
2	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 charged	nsubj
3	charged	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 charged	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fee	det
6	fee	fee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 charged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge	past	the bank		him = he				vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP NP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient fee=Asset

Option 3

He spent ten pounds on lunch

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 spent	nsubj
2	spent	spend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 pounds	nummod
4	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 spent	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 lunch	case
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	past	He	ten pounds				on lunch goal	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent pound=Asset on lunch=Goal

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

More is taken off as National Insurance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	More	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 taken	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 taken	aux:pass
3	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 taken	compound:prt
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 Insurance	case
6	National	National	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 Insurance	flat
7	Insurance	Insurance	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take off	present · passive		More				as National Insurance	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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