Test 9 · ★ · Why some jobs pay more
Finn's dad: "Two years of night college — no, two and a half — and now I earn more." He went from £22,000 to £30,000. How much more each year?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: earn, go · To what, where: more
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Finn's dad: "Two years of night college — no, two and a half — and now I earn more."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finn | Finn | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Finn | case |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 earn | nsubj |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 years | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 years | punct |
| 6 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 years | nummod |
| 7 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 dad | appos |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 college | case |
| 9 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 college | compound |
| 10 | college | college | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 years | nmod |
| 11 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 two | punct |
| 12 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 14 two | discourse |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 no | punct |
| 14 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 22 earn | nsubj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 half | cc |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 half | det |
| 17 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 14 two | conj |
| 18 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 22 earn | punct |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 earn | cc |
| 20 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 22 earn | advmod |
| 21 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 22 earn | nsubj |
| 22 | earn | earn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 23 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 22 earn | obj |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 22 earn | punct |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 22 earn | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | earn in a quote | present | Finn's dad | more | now | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=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: He went from £22,000 to £30,000.
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 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 £ | case |
| 4 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 2 went | obl |
| 5 | 22,000 | 22,000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 £ | nummod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 £ | case |
| 7 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 2 went | obl |
| 8 | 30,000 | 30,000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 £ | nummod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 went | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | dad | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from £=Initial_Location to £=Destination |
Sentence 3: How much more each year?
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 | ADV | _ | 3 more | advmod |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 year | advmod |
| 4 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 year | det |
| 5 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 year | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
£52,000
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 52,000 | 52,000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
£2,500
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 2,500 | 2500 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
£10,000
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 10,000 | 10000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
£8,000
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 8,000 | 8,000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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