Test 6 · Wages, salary and where family money comes from Aoife's da, a builder, says "some months it's grand, some months it's bleedin' quiet." ("Grand" means fine.) What should a self-employed person do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: da, months, Grand, employed person · What happens: say, be, mean, employ, do · To what, where: bleedin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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: Aoife's da, a builder, says "some months it's grand, some months it's bleedin' quiet."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct det appos punct punct det nsubj nsubj cop ccomp punct det nsubj nsubj cop obl punct conj punct punct root Aoife PROPN 's PART da NOUN , PUNCT a DET builder NOUN , PUNCT says VERB " PUNCT some DET months NOUN it PRON 's AUX grand ADJ , PUNCT some DET months NOUN it PRON 's AUX bleedin NOUN ' PUNCT quiet NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Aoife Aoife PROPN Number=Sing 3 da nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Aoife case 3 da da NOUN Number=Sing 8 says nsubj 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 builder punct 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 builder det 6 builder builder NOUN Number=Sing 3 da appos 7 , , PUNCT _ 3 da punct 8 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 " " PUNCT _ 14 grand punct 10 some some DET PronType=Ind 11 months det 11 months month NOUN Number=Plur 14 grand nsubj 12 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 14 grand nsubj 13 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 grand cop 14 grand grand ADJ Degree=Pos 8 says ccomp 15 , , PUNCT _ 20 bleedin punct 16 some some DET PronType=Ind 17 months det 17 months month NOUN Number=Plur 20 bleedin nsubj 18 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 20 bleedin nsubj 19 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 20 bleedin cop 20 bleedin bleedin NOUN Number=Sing 14 grand obl 21 ' ' PUNCT _ 20 bleedin punct 22 quiet quiet NOUN Number=Sing 20 bleedin conj 23 . . PUNCT _ 14 grand punct 24 " " PUNCT _ 14 grand punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Aoife's da vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present some months grand property tree rules 3 is a in a quote present some months bleedin and quiet 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: ("Grand" means fine.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Grand PROPN " PUNCT means VERB fine ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Grand punct 3 Grand Grand PROPN _ 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Grand punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Grand fine property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What should a self-employed person do?
obj aux det compound punct amod nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX a DET self NOUN - PUNCT employed VERB person NOUN do VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 8 do obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 do aux 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 person det 4 self self NOUN Number=Sing 6 employed compound 5 - - PUNCT _ 4 self punct 6 employed employ VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 7 person amod 7 person person NOUN Number=Sing 8 do nsubj 8 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 9 ? ? PUNCT _ 8 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 employ participle vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 do should a employed person vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Spend everything in the good months while you can
obj case det amod obl mark nsubj advcl root Spend VERB everything PRON in ADP the DET good ADJ months NOUN while SCONJ you PRON can AUX The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Spend spend VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 everything everything PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 1 Spend obj 3 in in ADP _ 6 months case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 months det 5 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 6 months amod 6 months month NOUN Number=Plur 1 Spend obl 7 while while SCONJ _ 9 can mark 8 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 9 can nsubj 9 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 1 Spend advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 spend imperative you not said here everything month vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Asset
Option 2 Borrow money every month to keep things even
obj det obl:unmarked mark advcl obj advmod root Borrow VERB money NOUN every DET month NOUN to PART keep VERB things NOUN even ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Borrow borrow VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 money money NOUN Number=Sing 1 Borrow obj 3 every every DET PronType=Tot 4 month det 4 month month NOUN Number=Sing 1 Borrow obl:unmarked 5 to to PART _ 6 keep mark 6 keep keep VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Borrow advcl 7 things thing NOUN Number=Plur 6 keep obj 8 even even ADV _ 6 keep advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 borrow imperative you not said here money month vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme 2 keep to-infinitive you not said here things vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
Option 3 Stop working in quiet months and rest instead
xcomp case amod obl cc conj advmod root Stop VERB working VERB in ADP quiet ADJ months NOUN and CCONJ rest VERB instead ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Stop stop VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 working work VERB VerbForm=Ger 1 Stop xcomp 3 in in ADP _ 5 months case 4 quiet quiet ADJ Degree=Pos 5 months amod 5 months month NOUN Number=Plur 2 working obl 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 rest cc 7 rest rest VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 1 Stop conj 8 instead instead ADV _ 7 rest advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stop imperative you not said here vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 2 work gerund you not said here month vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 rest infinitive you not said here instead property vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Save in good months for the slow ones
case amod obl case det amod obl root Save VERB in ADP good ADJ months NOUN for ADP the DET slow ADJ ones NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Save save VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 in in ADP _ 4 months case 3 good good ADJ Degree=Pos 4 months amod 4 months month NOUN Number=Plur 1 Save obl 5 for for ADP _ 8 ones case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 ones det 7 slow slow ADJ Degree=Pos 8 ones amod 8 ones one NOUN Number=Plur 1 Save obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 save imperative you not said here month for the slow ones vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for one=Source
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