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title: Overheard: "Unpaid overtime again, they take the piss." What is he a… — Shifts, nights and other ways of working · tree and pragmatics
description: Overheard: "Unpaid overtime again, they take the piss." What is he angry about? Test 3 · ★ 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's choice was right.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Shifts, nights and other ways of working

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Overheard: "Unpaid overtime again, they take the piss." What is he angry about?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they · **What happens:** overhear, take, be · **To what, where:** piss

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Overheard: "Unpaid overtime again, they take the piss."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t3:1
# text = Overheard: "Unpaid overtime again, they take the piss."
1	Overheard	overhear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Unpaid	unpaid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
5	overtime	overtime	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	piss	piss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overhear** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **take** *in a quote* | present | they | the piss |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piss=Theme |

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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 is he angry about?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t3:2
# text = What is he angry about?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	angry	angry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | angry *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Working extra hours and not being paid for them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t3:o1:1
# text = Working extra hours and not being paid for them
1	Working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	csubj:pass	_	_
2	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	1	conj	_	_
6	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | gerund |  |  |  |  | hour |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pay** | gerund · passive | Working |  |  |  |  | for them *= they* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: for they=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Being paid far too much money for the work he does

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t3:o2:1
# text = Being paid far too much money for the work he does
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	advcl	_	_
3	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
4	too	too	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | gerund · passive | he *not said here* | much money |  |  |  | for the work | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: money=Asset for work=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Being sent home early without pay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t3:o3:1
# text = Being sent home early without pay
1	Being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	aux:pass	_	_
2	sent	send	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	home	home	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	2	advmod	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | gerund · passive |  |  |  |  |  | without pay; early, home *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Having to work part-time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t3:o4:1
# text = Having to work part-time
1	Having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | time |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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