Test 8 · ★ · Unemployment: when jobs are lost Mia's mum, from Cork, says, "We were on furlough, sure we'd have been grand without it, like." ("Grand" means fine.) Her neighbour says it saved his job. What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, We, Grand, neighbour, Cork · What happens: say, be, grand, mean, save, job · To what, where: furlough, we, job · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 35 «Unemployment: when jobs are lost» 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: Mia's mum, from Cork, says, "We were on furlough, sure we'd have been grand without it, like."
nmod:poss case nsubj punct case conj punct punct punct nsubj cop case ccomp punct conj nsubj aux aux aux:pass ccomp case obl punct obl punct punct root Mia PROPN 's PART mum NOUN , PUNCT from ADP Cork PROPN , PUNCT says VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT We PRON were AUX on ADP furlough NOUN , PUNCT sure ADJ we PRON 'd AUX have AUX been AUX grand VERB without ADP it PRON , PUNCT like ADP . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mia Mia PROPN Number=Sing 3 mum nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Mia case 3 mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 8 says nsubj 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 Cork punct 5 from from ADP _ 6 Cork case 6 Cork Cork PROPN Number=Sing 3 mum conj 7 , , PUNCT _ 3 mum punct 8 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 9 , , PUNCT _ 14 furlough punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 14 furlough punct 11 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 14 furlough nsubj 12 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 14 furlough cop 13 on on ADP _ 14 furlough case 14 furlough furlough NOUN Number=Sing 8 says ccomp 15 , , PUNCT _ 16 sure punct 16 sure sure ADJ Degree=Pos 14 furlough conj 17 we we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 21 grand nsubj 18 'd would AUX VerbForm=Fin 21 grand aux 19 have have AUX VerbForm=Inf 21 grand aux 20 been be AUX Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 21 grand aux:pass 21 grand grand VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 16 sure ccomp 22 without without ADP _ 23 it case 23 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 21 grand obl 24 , , PUNCT _ 25 like punct 25 like like ADP _ 21 grand obl 26 . . PUNCT _ 14 furlough punct 27 " " PUNCT _ 14 furlough punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Mia's mum and Cork vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote past We furlough tree rules 3 be in a quote We not said here tree rules 4 grand in a quote would · perfect · passive we without furlough 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: ("Grand" means fine.)
punct punct nsubj punct xcomp punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT Grand PROPN " PUNCT means VERB fine ADJ . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 5 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 3 Grand punct 3 Grand Grand PROPN _ 5 means nsubj 4 " " PUNCT _ 3 Grand punct 5 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 5 means xcomp 7 . . PUNCT _ 5 means punct 8 ) ) PUNCT _ 5 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present Grand fine property vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Her neighbour says it saved his job.
nmod:poss nsubj nsubj ccomp nmod:poss obj punct root Her PRON neighbour NOUN says VERB it PRON saved VERB his PRON job NOUN . 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 neighbour nmod:poss 2 neighbour neighbour NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 saved nsubj 5 saved save VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 says ccomp 6 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 7 job nmod:poss 7 job job NOUN Number=Sing 5 saved obj 8 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Grand's neighbour vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 save past neighbour Cork's job vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Theme 3 job Cork nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent
Sentence 4: 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 · ← Mova's choice Everyone agrees it was perfect and cheap
nsubj nsubj cop ccomp cc conj root Everyone PRON agrees VERB it PRON was AUX perfect ADJ and CCONJ cheap ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 2 agrees nsubj 2 agrees agree VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 perfect nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 perfect cop 5 perfect perfect ADJ Degree=Pos 2 agrees ccomp 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 cheap cc 7 cheap cheap ADJ Degree=Pos 5 perfect conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 agree speech: agree present Everyone vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is past it perfect property tree rules 3 be tree rules
Option 2 Everyone agrees it was a total waste
nsubj nsubj cop det amod ccomp root Everyone PRON agrees VERB it PRON was AUX a DET total ADJ waste NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 2 agrees nsubj 2 agrees agree VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 waste nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 7 waste cop 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 waste det 6 total total ADJ Degree=Pos 7 waste amod 7 waste waste NOUN Number=Sing 2 agrees ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 agree speech: agree present Everyone vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is a past it a total waste tree rules
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer People's experiences differ, and people argue about how well it worked
nmod:poss case nsubj punct cc nsubj parataxis mark advmod advmod nsubj advcl root People NOUN 's PART experiences NOUN differ VERB , PUNCT and CCONJ people NOUN argue VERB about SCONJ how ADV well ADV it PRON worked VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 People people NOUN Number=Plur 3 experiences nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 People case 3 experiences experience NOUN Number=Plur 4 differ nsubj 4 differ differ VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 , , PUNCT _ 8 argue punct 6 and and CCONJ _ 8 argue cc 7 people people NOUN Number=Plur 8 argue nsubj 8 argue argue VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 differ parataxis 9 about about SCONJ _ 13 worked mark 10 how how ADV PronType=Int 11 well advmod 11 well well ADV Degree=Pos 13 worked advmod 12 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 worked nsubj 13 worked work VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 8 argue advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 differ present People's experiences vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 argue speech: disagree present people vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 work past it well property vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent 4 experience People nom experience «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
Option 4 Furlough never happened anywhere
nsubj advmod advmod root Furlough NOUN never ADV happened VERB anywhere ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Furlough furlough NOUN Number=Sing 3 happened nsubj 2 never never ADV PronType=Neg 3 happened advmod 3 happened happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 4 anywhere anywhere ADV PronType=Ind 3 happened advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not happen past Furlough anywhere property vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
← previous Unemployment: when jobs are lost, test 7next → Unemployment: when jobs are lost, test 9↑ back to Unemployment: when jobs are lost This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost/t8/