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title: Mum, croaky: "Cough's awful but if I don't go in I don't get paid."… — Shifts, nights and other ways of working · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum, croaky: "Cough's awful but if I don't go in I don't get paid." What follows if she goes in ill? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 2 «Shifts, nights and other ways of working» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Test 11 · ★ · Shifts, nights and other ways of working

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Mum, croaky: "Cough's awful but if I don't go in I don't get paid." What follows if she goes in ill?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** I, Mum · **What happens:** not go, not pay, follow, go · **To what, where:** I, ill

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2 «Shifts, nights and other ways of working» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum, croaky: "Cough's awful but if I don't go in I don't get paid."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t11:1
# text = Mum, croaky: "Cough's awful but if I don't go in I don't get paid."
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	croaky	croaky	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Cough	cough	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	awful	awful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	parataxis	_	_
9	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
15	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	20	mark	_	_
16	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	_
17	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	20	advmod	_	_
19	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** *in a quote* | present · do-support | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **pay** *in a quote* | present · passive · do-support |  | I |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What follows if she goes in ill?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t11:2
# text = What follows if she goes in ill?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	follows	follow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	ill	ill	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | Mum |  |  | ill |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in ill=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Her germs may spread to her colleagues

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t11:o1:1
# text = Her germs may spread to her colleagues
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	germs	germ	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	spread	spread	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	colleagues	colleague	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spread** | may | Her germs |  |  |  |  | to her colleagues | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She will get better faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t11:o2:1
# text = She will get better faster
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | future | She |  |  |  |  | fast, good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She will be paid double

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t11:o3:1
# text = She will be paid double
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | future · passive |  | She |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient double=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Her boss will give her a prize

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t11:o4:1
# text = Her boss will give her a prize
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | future | Her boss | a prize | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient prize=Theme |

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