Test 6 · Jobs and what people earn
Nina's mum says, "Good money, but I never see you." What is she talking about?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum · What happens: say, not see, talk about · To what, where: Good money, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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: Nina's mum says, "Good money, but I never see you."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nina | Nina | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Nina | case |
| 3 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 money | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 money | punct |
| 7 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 money | amod |
| 8 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 see | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 see | cc |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 see | nsubj |
| 12 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 13 see | advmod |
| 13 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 says | ccomp |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 see | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 see | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Nina's mum | Good money | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not see in a quote | present | Nina's mum = mum | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
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 is she talking about?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 talking | obl |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 talking | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 talking | nsubj |
| 4 | talking | talk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 talking | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 talking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk about | present · progressive | mum | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Work-life balance: high pay can mean less family time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 life | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 life | punct |
| 3 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 balance | compound |
| 4 | balance | balance | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 mean | punct |
| 6 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pay | amod |
| 7 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mean | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 mean | aux |
| 9 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 balance | conj |
| 10 | less | less | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 time | amod |
| 11 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 time | compound |
| 12 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mean | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | can | high pay | time | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Her job pays badly but she has loads of free time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 job | nmod:poss |
| 2 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pays | nsubj |
| 3 | pays | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 pays | advmod |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 has | cc |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 has | nsubj |
| 7 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 pays | conj |
| 8 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 has | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 time | case |
| 10 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 time | amod |
| 11 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 loads | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | present | Her job | badly property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | have | present | job | loads of free time | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Patient | ||||
| 3 | job | Her = she | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
She is working as an invisible magician
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 | 3 working | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 working | aux |
| 3 | working | work | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 magician | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 magician | det |
| 6 | invisible | invisible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 magician | amod |
| 7 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 working | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present · progressive | She | as a invisible magician | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.attribute PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent as magician=Attribute |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
She is saying she never wants to see Nina again
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 | 3 saying | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 saying | aux |
| 3 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 wants | nsubj |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 wants | advmod |
| 6 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 saying | ccomp |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 see | mark |
| 8 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 wants | xcomp |
| 9 | Nina | Nina | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 see | obj |
| 10 | again | again | ADV | _ | 8 see | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · progressive | She | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not want | present | she | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | she not said here | Nina | again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nina=Stimulus |
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