Test 10 · Pocket money and earning it with chores

What would happen if Aoife got paid for every single little job, even brushing her teeth?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: happen, pay, brush · To what, where: Aoife, teeth

This is test 10 of lesson 6 «Pocket money and earning it with chores» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 paid	mark
5	Aoife	Aoife	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 paid	nsubj:pass
6	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 paid	aux:pass
7	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 happen	advcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	12 job	case
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 job	det
10	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 job	amod
11	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 job	amod
12	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 paid	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 brushing	punct
14	even	even	ADV	_	15 brushing	advmod
15	brushing	brush	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 paid	advcl
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 teeth	nmod:poss
17	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 brushing	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	happen	would			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pay a condition, not said to happen	past · passive	Aoife	for every single little job	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for job=Theme
3	brush	gerund	Aoife's teeth		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent tooth=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.

The options

Option 1

Her teeth would get cleaner

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 teeth	nmod:poss
2	teeth	tooth	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	nsubj
3	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	Her teeth	cleaner					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cleaner=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Helping at home would start to feel like a job only done for cash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Helping	help	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 start	csubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 home	case
3	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Helping	obl
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 start	aux
5	start	start	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 feel	mark
7	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 start	xcomp
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 job	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 job	det
10	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 feel	obl
11	only	only	ADV	_	12 done	advmod
12	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 feel	advcl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 cash	case
14	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 done	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	help	gerund		home		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	start	would	Helping			vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	feel	to-infinitive	Helping not said here		like a job	vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V S»: agent=Agent like job=Theme
4	do	participle	Helping not said here		for cash	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nothing, all families do this

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 families	det
4	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	acl:relcl
6	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 do	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	all families	this					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent this=Eventuality

Option 4

She'd become a millionaire by Friday

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 become	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 become	aux
3	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 millionaire	det
5	millionaire	millionaire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 become	xcomp
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 Friday	case
7	Friday	Friday	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 become	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	would	She	a millionaire			friday		vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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