Test 10 · Jobs and what people earn
Ruby goes, "Head teacher earns more cos she's the oldest, innit." What's a better reason?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ruby, Head teacher, teacher · What happens: go, earn, be · To what, where: oldest innit, better reason
This is test 10 of lesson 29 «Jobs and what people earn» 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: Ruby goes, "Head teacher earns more cos she's the oldest, innit."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 earns | punct |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 earns | punct |
| 5 | Head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 teacher | compound |
| 6 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 earns | nsubj |
| 7 | earns | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 goes | conj |
| 8 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 earns | advmod |
| 9 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 15 innit | mark |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 innit | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 innit | cop |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 innit | det |
| 13 | oldest | old | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 15 innit | amod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 oldest | punct |
| 15 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 earns | advcl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 goes | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Ruby | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | earn in a quote | present | Head teacher | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | teacher | the oldest innit | 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: What's a better reason?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 reason | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reason | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 reason | det |
| 4 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 reason | amod |
| 5 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 reason | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a better reason | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She has more responsibility, running the whole school
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 responsibility | amod |
| 4 | responsibility | responsibility | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 running | punct |
| 6 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 has | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 school | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 school | amod |
| 9 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 running | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | She | more responsibility | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent responsibility=Patient | ||||
| 2 | run | gerund | She not said here | the whole school | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme school=Trajectory |
Option 2
She owns the school building
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 owns | nsubj |
| 2 | owns | own | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 building | det |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 building | compound |
| 5 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 owns | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | own | present | She | the school building | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot building=Theme |
Option 3
She shouts the loudest in assemblies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 shouts | nsubj |
| 2 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 loudest | det |
| 4 | loudest | loud | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 shouts | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 assemblies | case |
| 6 | assemblies | assembly | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 shouts | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present | She | the loudest | assemblies | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loud=Topic |
Option 4
Older people always earn the most, whatever job they do
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 earn | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 earn | advmod |
| 4 | earn | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 most | det |
| 6 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 earn | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 job | punct |
| 8 | whatever | whatever | DET | PronType=Int | 9 job | det |
| 9 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 earn | conj |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 do | nsubj |
| 11 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 job | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | earn | present | Older people | always property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | do | present | people | whatever job not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
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