Test 2 · Jobs and what people earn Sami says, "My uncle's a plumber and he's minted!" His mate goes, "Nah, plumbers ain't rich." ("Minted" means rich.) What did the teacher say?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Sami, uncle, mate, teacher · What happens: say, be, mint, go, mean · To what, where: plumber, Sami · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 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: Sami says, "My uncle's a plumber and he's minted!"
nsubj punct punct nmod:poss nsubj cop det ccomp cc nsubj aux:pass conj punct punct root Sami PROPN says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT My PRON uncle NOUN 's AUX a DET plumber NOUN and CCONJ he PRON 's AUX minted VERB ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Sami Sami PROPN Number=Sing 2 says nsubj 2 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 says punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 9 plumber punct 5 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 uncle nmod:poss 6 uncle uncle NOUN Number=Sing 9 plumber nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 plumber cop 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 plumber det 9 plumber plumber NOUN Number=Sing 2 says ccomp 10 and and CCONJ _ 13 minted cc 11 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 minted nsubj 12 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 minted aux:pass 13 minted mint VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 9 plumber conj 14 ! ! PUNCT _ 9 plumber punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 9 plumber punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: express present Sami vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is a in a quote present My uncle a plumber tree rules 3 mint in a quote present · passive Sami 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: His mate goes, "Nah, plumbers ain't rich."
nmod:poss nsubj punct punct discourse punct nsubj parataxis advmod xcomp punct punct root His PRON mate NOUN goes VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Nah INTJ , PUNCT plumbers NOUN ai AUX n't PART rich ADJ . PUNCT " PUNCT 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 mate nmod:poss 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 3 goes nsubj 3 goes go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 goes punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 9 ai punct 6 Nah nah INTJ _ 9 ai discourse 7 , , PUNCT _ 6 Nah punct 8 plumbers plumber NOUN Number=Plur 9 ai nsubj 9 ai be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 goes parataxis 10 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 11 rich advmod 11 rich rich ADJ Degree=Pos 9 ai xcomp 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 goes punct 13 " " PUNCT _ 3 goes punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present Sami's mate vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
Sentence 3: ("Minted" means rich.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Minted VERB " PUNCT means VERB rich ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Minted punct 3 Minted mint VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Minted punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 rich rich 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 mint in a quote participle tree rules 2 mean present rich property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 4: What did the teacher say?
obj aux det nsubj punct root What PRON did AUX the DET teacher NOUN say VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 5 say obj 2 did do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 say aux 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 teacher det 4 teacher teacher NOUN Number=Sing 5 say nsubj 5 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 say punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert past · do-support the teacher vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Some do very well; skilled trades can pay well
nsubj aux advmod advmod punct amod nsubj aux advmod root Some DET do AUX very ADV well ADV ; PUNCT skilled ADJ trades NOUN can AUX pay VERB well ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Some some DET PronType=Ind 2 do nsubj 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 pay aux 3 very very ADV _ 4 well advmod 4 well well ADV Degree=Pos 2 do advmod 5 ; ; PUNCT _ 2 do punct 6 skilled skilled ADJ Degree=Pos 7 trades amod 7 trades trade NOUN Number=Plur 9 pay nsubj 8 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 pay aux 9 pay pay VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 10 well well ADV Degree=Pos 9 pay advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pay can · present · do-support skilled trades well property vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 2 Plumbers always earn the least of any job in the country
nsubj advmod det obl case det nmod case det obl root Plumbers NOUN always ADV earn VERB the DET least ADJ of ADP any DET job NOUN in ADP the DET country NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Plumbers plumber NOUN Number=Plur 3 earn nsubj 2 always always ADV PronType=Tot 3 earn advmod 3 earn earn VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 least det 5 least least ADJ Degree=Sup 3 earn obl 6 of of ADP _ 8 job case 7 any any DET PronType=Ind 8 job det 8 job job NOUN Number=Sing 5 least nmod 9 in in ADP _ 11 country case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 country det 11 country country NOUN Number=Sing 3 earn obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 earn present Plumbers the least of any job the country always property vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 3 Plumbing is unpaid work, so the uncle can't be rich
nsubj cop amod punct advmod det nsubj aux advmod cop acl:relcl root Plumbing NOUN is AUX unpaid ADJ work NOUN , PUNCT so ADV the DET uncle NOUN ca AUX n't PART be AUX rich ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Plumbing plumbing NOUN Number=Sing 4 work nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 work cop 3 unpaid unpaid ADJ Degree=Pos 4 work amod 4 work work NOUN Number=Sing root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 12 rich punct 6 so so ADV _ 12 rich advmod 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 uncle det 8 uncle uncle NOUN Number=Sing 12 rich nsubj 9 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 12 rich aux 10 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 12 rich advmod 11 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 12 rich cop 12 rich rich ADJ Degree=Pos 4 work acl:relcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present Plumbing unpaid work tree rules 2 not is can the uncle unpaid work not said here rich property tree rules
Option 4 Only footballers and pop stars can ever be minted
advmod nsubj:pass cc compound conj aux advmod aux:pass root Only ADV footballers NOUN and CCONJ pop NOUN stars NOUN can AUX ever ADV be AUX minted VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Only only ADV _ 2 footballers advmod 2 footballers footballer NOUN Number=Plur 9 minted nsubj:pass 3 and and CCONJ _ 5 stars cc 4 pop pop NOUN Number=Sing 5 stars compound 5 stars star NOUN Number=Plur 2 footballers conj 6 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 minted aux 7 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 9 minted advmod 8 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 9 minted aux:pass 9 minted mint VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mint can · passive footballers and pop stars ever tree rules
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