Test 8 · Wages, salary and where family money comes from Kai's mum, a nurse on nights: "pays a bit more, but I'm knackered." ("Knackered" means very tired.) What's the trade-off?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, I, Knackered, trade off · What happens: pay, be, mean · To what, where: more
This is test 8 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: Kai's mum, a nurse on nights: "pays a bit more, but I'm knackered."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct det appos case nmod punct punct det obl:unmarked obj punct cc nsubj cop parataxis punct punct root Kai PROPN 's PART mum NOUN , PUNCT a DET nurse NOUN on ADP nights NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT pays VERB a DET bit NOUN more ADJ , PUNCT but CCONJ I PRON 'm AUX knackered ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kai Kai PROPN Number=Sing 3 mum nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Kai case 3 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 11 pays nsubj 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 nurse punct 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 nurse det 6 nurse nurse NOUN Number=Sing 3 mum appos 7 on on ADP _ 8 nights case 8 nights night NOUN Number=Plur 6 nurse nmod 9 : : PUNCT _ 11 pays punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 11 pays punct 11 pays pay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 12 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 bit det 13 bit bit NOUN Number=Sing 14 more obl:unmarked 14 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 11 pays obj 15 , , PUNCT _ 19 knackered punct 16 but but CCONJ _ 19 knackered cc 17 I I PRON Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs 19 knackered nsubj 18 'm be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 19 knackered cop 19 knackered knackered ADJ Degree=Pos 11 pays parataxis 20 . . PUNCT _ 19 knackered punct 21 " " PUNCT _ 11 pays punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pay in a quote present Kai's mum more vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Asset 2 is in a quote present I knackered property 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: ("Knackered" means very tired.)
punct punct nsubj punct advmod xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Knackered ADJ " PUNCT means VERB very ADV tired ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Knackered punct 3 Knackered knackered ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Knackered punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 very very ADV _ 7 tired advmod 7 tired tired ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 8 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 9 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Knackered tired property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What's the trade-off?
cop det compound punct nsubj punct root What PRON 's AUX the DET trade NOUN - PUNCT off NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 off det 4 trade trade NOUN Number=Sing 6 off compound 5 - - PUNCT _ 4 trade punct 6 off off NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 7 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the trade off tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer More pay against being very tired
amod case cop advmod nmod root More ADJ pay NOUN against ADP being AUX very ADV tired ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 More more ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 pay amod 2 pay pay NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 against against ADP _ 6 tired case 4 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 6 tired cop 5 very very ADV _ 6 tired advmod 6 tired tired ADJ Degree=Pos 2 pay nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is gerund tired property tree rules
Option 2 Less pay against getting more sleep at night
amod mark acl amod obj case obl root Less ADJ pay NOUN against SCONJ getting VERB more ADJ sleep NOUN at ADP night NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Less less ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 pay amod 2 pay pay NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 against against SCONJ _ 4 getting mark 4 getting get VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 pay acl 5 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 sleep amod 6 sleep sleep NOUN Number=Sing 4 getting obj 7 at at ADP _ 8 night case 8 night night NOUN Number=Sing 4 getting obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get gerund Less pay not said here more sleep night vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sleep=Stimulus
Option 3 No trade-off at all, because nights pay the same
det compound punct case nmod punct mark nsubj parataxis det obj root No DET trade NOUN - PUNCT off NOUN at ADP all DET , PUNCT because SCONJ nights NOUN pay VERB the DET same ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 No no DET PronType=Neg 4 off det 2 trade trade NOUN Number=Sing 4 off compound 3 - - PUNCT _ 4 off punct 4 off off NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 at at ADP _ 6 all case 6 all all DET PronType=Tot 4 off nmod 7 , , PUNCT _ 10 pay punct 8 because because SCONJ _ 10 pay mark 9 nights night NOUN Number=Plur 10 pay nsubj 10 pay pay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 off parataxis 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 same det 12 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 10 pay obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pay present nights the same vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Asset
Option 4 More pay against having fewer patients to see
amod mark acl amod obj mark acl root More ADJ pay NOUN against SCONJ having VERB fewer ADJ patients NOUN to PART see VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 More more ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 pay amod 2 pay pay NOUN Number=Sing root root 3 against against SCONJ _ 4 having mark 4 having have VERB VerbForm=Ger 2 pay acl 5 fewer few ADJ Degree=Cmp 6 patients amod 6 patients patient NOUN Number=Plur 4 having obj 7 to to PART _ 8 see mark 8 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 6 patients acl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have gerund More pay not said here fewer patients vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patient=Patient 2 see to-infinitive More pay not said here fewer patients not said here vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
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