Test 4 · Wages, salary and where family money comes from
Leo asks "does Mum even have a job?" Dad says "it's a job, just not a paid one." If a childminder cost £80 a day, what is a 5-day week of that care worth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, Mum, Dad, job, childminder cost · What happens: ask, do, have, say, be, pay · To what, where: job, day week · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 of lesson 20 «Wages, salary and where family money comes from» of the money 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: Leo asks "does Mum even have a job?"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 does | punct |
| 4 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 asks | ccomp |
| 5 | Mum | Mum | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 have | nsubj |
| 6 | even | even | ADV | _ | 7 have | advmod |
| 7 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 does | ccomp |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 job | det |
| 9 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 have | obj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Leo | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do in a quote | present | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | have in a quote | present | Mum | a job | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient |
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: Dad says "it's a job, just not a paid one."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 job | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 job | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 job | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 job | det |
| 7 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 one | punct |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 one | advmod |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 one | advmod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 one | det |
| 12 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 one | amod |
| 13 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 job | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 job | punct |
| 15 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 job | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Dad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | job | a job and a paid one | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | pay in a quote | participle | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: If a childminder cost £80 a day, what is a 5-day week of that care worth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 20 worth | mark |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cost | det |
| 3 | childminder | childminder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cost | compound |
| 4 | cost | cost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 worth | nsubj |
| 5 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 4 cost | obj |
| 6 | 80 | 80 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 £ | nummod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 £ | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 week | punct |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 16 week | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 week | cop |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 week | det |
| 13 | 5 | 5 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 day | nummod |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 5 | punct |
| 15 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 week | compound |
| 16 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cost | nmod |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 care | case |
| 18 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 19 care | det |
| 19 | care | care | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 week | nmod |
| 20 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 20 worth | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a childminder cost | a day week | of that care | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
£400
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 400 | 400 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
£85
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 85 | 85 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
£80
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 80 | 80 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
£160
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 160 | 160 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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