Test 6 · ★ · Why some jobs pay more
Ellie's grandad says, "Loads of rich folk aren't that clever, ha." What lesson is he giving?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: grandad, Loads, lesson · What happens: say, not be, give · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 30 «Why some jobs pay more» 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: Ellie's grandad says, "Loads of rich folk aren't that clever, ha."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellie | Ellie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 grandad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ellie | case |
| 3 | grandad | grandad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 clever | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 clever | punct |
| 7 | Loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 clever | nsubj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 folk | case |
| 9 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 folk | amod |
| 10 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 Loads | nmod |
| 11 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 clever | cop |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 14 clever | advmod |
| 13 | that | that | ADV | _ | 14 clever | advmod |
| 14 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 says | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 ha | punct |
| 16 | ha | ha | INTJ | _ | 14 clever | discourse |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 clever | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 clever | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ellie's grandad | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is in a quote | present | Loads of rich folk | clever, that property | 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 lesson is he giving?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 giving | obj |
| 2 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 giving | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 giving | aux |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 giving | nsubj |
| 5 | giving | give | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 giving | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · progressive | lesson | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Money shows exactly how clever someone is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shows | nsubj |
| 2 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 4 how | advmod |
| 4 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 clever | advmod |
| 5 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 shows | ccomp |
| 6 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 clever | obl |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 clever | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | Money | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | someone obl; clever property | tree rules |
Option 2
Being rich means you must be very clever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 rich | cop |
| 2 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 means | csubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 clever | nsubj |
| 5 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 clever | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 clever | cop |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 clever | advmod |
| 8 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | rich property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is | must | you | clever property | tree rules |
Option 3
Clever people are never rich at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 rich | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 rich | cop |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 rich | advmod |
| 5 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 rich | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | Clever people | all | rich property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Pay depends on many things, including luck, not just cleverness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 depends | nsubj |
| 2 | depends | depend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 things | case |
| 4 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 things | amod |
| 5 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 depends | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 luck | punct |
| 7 | including | including | ADP | _ | 8 luck | case |
| 8 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 things | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 cleverness | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 cleverness | advmod |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 cleverness | advmod |
| 12 | cleverness | cleverness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 luck | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | depend | present | Pay | on many things including luck and cleverness | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on thing=Theme |
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