Test 8 · The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss Grace asks, "Why does the corner shop man work seven days, is he mad?" Her mum, from Cork, says, "Ah, small shops don't make a fortune, girl, he works to keep it going." What's true?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Grace, man work, mum, small shops, work · What happens: ask, be, say, not make, work, keep · To what, where: fortune, work · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 of lesson 32 «The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss» 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: Grace asks, "Why does the corner shop man work seven days, is he mad?"
nsubj punct punct advmod aux det compound compound compound nsubj nummod nmod punct cop nsubj parataxis punct punct root Grace PROPN asks VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Why ADV does AUX the DET corner NOUN shop NOUN man NOUN work NOUN seven NUM days NOUN , PUNCT is AUX he PRON mad ADJ ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grace Grace PROPN Number=Sing 2 asks nsubj 2 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 2 asks punct 4 " " PUNCT _ 17 mad punct 5 Why why ADV PronType=Int 17 mad advmod 6 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 mad aux 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 work det 8 corner corner NOUN Number=Sing 9 shop compound 9 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 10 man compound 10 man man NOUN Number=Sing 11 work compound 11 work work NOUN Number=Sing 17 mad nsubj 12 seven seven NUM NumForm=Word NumType=Card 13 days nummod 13 days day NOUN Number=Plur 11 work nmod 14 , , PUNCT _ 11 work punct 15 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 mad cop 16 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 mad nsubj 17 mad mad ADJ Degree=Pos 2 asks parataxis 18 ? ? PUNCT _ 17 mad punct 19 " " PUNCT _ 17 mad punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask present Grace vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 is in a quote present · do-support the man work seven days mad 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: Her mum, from Cork, says, "Ah, small shops don't make a fortune, girl, he works to keep it going."
nmod:poss nsubj punct case conj punct punct punct discourse punct amod nsubj aux advmod ccomp det obj punct conj punct nsubj conj mark advcl obj xcomp punct punct root Her PRON mum NOUN , PUNCT from ADP Cork PROPN , PUNCT says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Ah INTJ , PUNCT small ADJ shops NOUN do AUX n't PART make VERB a DET fortune NOUN , PUNCT girl NOUN , PUNCT he PRON works VERB to PART keep VERB it PRON going VERB . PUNCT " PUNCT 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 mum nmod:poss 2 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 7 says nsubj 3 , , PUNCT _ 5 Cork punct 4 from from ADP _ 5 Cork case 5 Cork Cork PROPN Number=Sing 2 mum conj 6 , , PUNCT _ 2 mum punct 7 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 8 , , PUNCT _ 16 make punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 16 make punct 10 Ah ah INTJ _ 16 make discourse 11 , , PUNCT _ 10 Ah punct 12 small small ADJ Degree=Pos 13 shops amod 13 shops shop NOUN Number=Plur 16 make nsubj 14 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 16 make aux 15 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 16 make advmod 16 make make VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 says ccomp 17 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 18 fortune det 18 fortune fortune NOUN Number=Sing 16 make obj 19 , , PUNCT _ 20 girl punct 20 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 18 fortune conj 21 , , PUNCT _ 23 works punct 22 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 23 works nsubj 23 works work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 says conj 24 to to PART _ 25 keep mark 25 keep keep VERB VerbForm=Inf 23 works advcl 26 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 25 keep obj 27 going go VERB VerbForm=Ger 25 keep xcomp 28 . . PUNCT _ 7 says punct 29 " " PUNCT _ 7 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Her mum and Cork vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 not make in a quote present · do-support small shops a fortune and girl vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fortune=Product 3 work in a quote present Grace vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 keep in a quote to-infinitive Grace not said here work tree rules 5 go in a quote gerund work not said here vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: What's true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 Small shops make more money than supermarkets
amod nsubj amod obj case obl root Small ADJ shops NOUN make VERB more ADJ money NOUN than ADP supermarkets NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Small small ADJ Degree=Pos 2 shops amod 2 shops shop NOUN Number=Plur 3 make nsubj 3 make make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 more more ADJ Degree=Cmp 5 money amod 5 money money NOUN Number=Sing 3 make obj 6 than than ADP _ 7 supermarkets case 7 supermarkets supermarket NOUN Number=Plur 3 make obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present Small shops more money than supermarkets vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset money=Product
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Small shops often need very long hours to earn enough
amod nsubj advmod advmod amod obj mark advcl advmod root Small ADJ shops NOUN often ADV need VERB very ADV long ADJ hours NOUN to PART earn VERB enough ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Small small ADJ Degree=Pos 2 shops amod 2 shops shop NOUN Number=Plur 4 need nsubj 3 often often ADV _ 4 need advmod 4 need need VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 very very ADV _ 6 long advmod 6 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 7 hours amod 7 hours hour NOUN Number=Plur 4 need obj 8 to to PART _ 9 earn mark 9 earn earn VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 need advcl 10 enough enough ADV _ 9 earn advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 need present Small shops hour often property vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot 2 earn to-infinitive Small shops not said here enough property vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
Option 3 Corner shop owners are paid by the government
compound compound nsubj:pass aux:pass case det obl:agent root Corner NOUN shop NOUN owners NOUN are AUX paid VERB by ADP the DET government NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Corner corner NOUN Number=Sing 2 shop compound 2 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 3 owners compound 3 owners owner NOUN Number=Plur 5 paid nsubj:pass 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 paid aux:pass 5 paid pay VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 by by ADP _ 8 government case 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 government det 8 government government NOUN Number=Sing 5 paid obl:agent
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pay present · passive the government shop owners vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Asset
Option 4 He works long hours because he's bored at home
nsubj amod obj mark nsubj aux:pass advcl case obl root He PRON works VERB long ADJ hours NOUN because SCONJ he PRON 's AUX bored VERB at ADP home NOUN 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 works nsubj 2 works work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 long long ADJ Degree=Pos 4 hours amod 4 hours hour NOUN Number=Plur 2 works obj 5 because because SCONJ _ 8 bored mark 6 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 bored nsubj 7 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 bored aux:pass 8 bored bore VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 2 works advcl 9 at at ADP _ 10 home case 10 home home NOUN Number=Sing 8 bored obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 work present He hour vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 bore present · passive he home vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
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