Test 7 · Jobs and what people earn
In a cartoon, a bus driver earns £1 a year and a TV star earns £1 a year too. What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bus driver, TV star · What happens: earn, be · To what, where: cartoon
This is test 7 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: In a cartoon, a bus driver earns £1 a year and a TV star earns £1 a year too.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 earns | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 driver | det |
| 6 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 driver | compound |
| 7 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 earns | nsubj |
| 8 | earns | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 8 earns | obj |
| 10 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 £ | nummod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 year | det |
| 12 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 earns | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 earns | cc |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 star | det |
| 15 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 star | compound |
| 16 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 earns | nsubj |
| 17 | earns | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 earns | conj |
| 18 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 17 earns | obj |
| 19 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 18 £ | nummod |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 year | det |
| 21 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 earns | obl:unmarked |
| 22 | too | too | ADV | _ | 17 earns | advmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 earns | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | earn | present | a bus driver | a cartoon | year | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme | |||
| 2 | earn | present | a TV star | year | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme |
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 wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Pay is the same for every job by law
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 same | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 same | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 same | det |
| 4 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 job | case |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 job | det |
| 7 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 same | obl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 law | case |
| 9 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 job | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Pay | for every job by law; same property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | job | law | nom job «act intransitive»: by=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Bus drivers really earn more than TV stars
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drivers | compound |
| 2 | drivers | driver | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 earn | nsubj |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 earn | advmod |
| 4 | earn | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 earn | obj |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 stars | case |
| 7 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stars | compound |
| 8 | stars | star | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 more | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | earn | present | Bus drivers | more | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme |
Option 3
Nothing, everyone really earns £1 a year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 earns | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 earns | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 earns | advmod |
| 5 | earns | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 5 earns | obj |
| 7 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 £ | nummod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 year | det |
| 9 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 earns | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | earn | present | Nothing | year | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Real pay varies, and a bus driver earns far more than £1 a year
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 pay | amod |
| 2 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 varies | nsubj |
| 3 | varies | vary | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 earns | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 earns | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 driver | det |
| 7 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 driver | compound |
| 8 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 earns | nsubj |
| 9 | earns | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 varies | parataxis |
| 10 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 more | advmod |
| 11 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 13 £ | amod |
| 12 | than | than | ADP | _ | 13 £ | case |
| 13 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 9 earns | obj |
| 14 | 1 | 1 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 13 £ | nummod |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 year | det |
| 16 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 earns | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vary | present | Real pay | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | earn | present | a bus driver | year | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme |
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