Test 8 · Jobs and what people earn
A Gen Alpha cousin says, "My cousin got his first pay packet, he's buzzing, it's giving rich." ("Buzzing" means very happy; "it's giving" means it looks like.) He worked 6 hours at £8 — no, £9 — an hour. How much did he get?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Alpha cousin, cousin, packet, Buzzing, giving · What happens: say, get, buzz, give, mean, look · To what, where: first pay packet, much · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 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: A Gen Alpha cousin says, "My cousin got his first pay packet, he's buzzing, it's giving rich."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 cousin | det |
| 2 | Gen | Gen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Alpha | compound |
| 3 | Alpha | Alpha | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 cousin | compound |
| 4 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 got | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 got | punct |
| 8 | My | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 9 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 got | nsubj |
| 10 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 says | ccomp |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 packet | nmod:poss |
| 12 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 14 packet | amod |
| 13 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 packet | compound |
| 14 | packet | packet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 got | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 buzzing | punct |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 buzzing | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 buzzing | aux |
| 18 | buzzing | buzz | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 got | advcl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 giving | punct |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 22 giving | nsubj |
| 21 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 giving | aux |
| 22 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 says | ccomp |
| 23 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 giving | xcomp |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 giving | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 giving | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a Alpha cousin | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | past | My cousin | cousin's first pay packet | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer packet=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | buzz in a quote | present · progressive | cousin | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | give in a quote | present · progressive | packet | rich property | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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: ("Buzzing" means very happy; "it's giving" means it looks like.)
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Buzzing | punct |
| 3 | Buzzing | buzzing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 means | nsubj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Buzzing | punct |
| 5 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 happy | advmod |
| 7 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 means | xcomp |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 giving | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 giving | punct |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 giving | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 giving | aux |
| 12 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 means | csubj |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 giving | punct |
| 14 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 means | parataxis |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 looks | nsubj |
| 16 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 means | ccomp |
| 17 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 looks | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| 19 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 means | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Buzzing | happy property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | give in a quote | present · progressive | Buzzing | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | mean | present | giving | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | look | present | Buzzing | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Sentence 3: He worked 6 hours at £8 — no, £9 — an hour.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 worked | nsubj |
| 2 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | 6 | 6 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 hours | nummod |
| 4 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 worked | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 £ | case |
| 6 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 2 worked | obl |
| 7 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 £ | nummod |
| 8 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 £ | punct |
| 9 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 11 £ | discourse |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 £ | punct |
| 11 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 2 worked | obl |
| 12 | 9 | 9 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 £ | nummod |
| 13 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 hour | punct |
| 14 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 hour | det |
| 15 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 £ | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 worked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | past | cousin | hour | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at £=Theme |
Sentence 4: How much did he get?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 much | advmod |
| 2 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 get | obj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 get | nsubj |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past · do-support | cousin | much | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer much=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
£54
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 54 | 54 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
£15
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 15 | 15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
£69
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 69 | 69 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
£48
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 48 | 48 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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