--- title: Grandad: "Your aunt went self-employed, so no sick pay, she worked t… — Shifts, nights and other ways of working · tree and pragmatics description: Grandad: "Your aunt went self-employed, so no sick pay, she worked through the flu." Why did she work with the flu? 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Why did she work with the flu? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Grandad, aunt · **What happens:** go, employ, work · **To what, where:** sick pay, flu This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Grandad: "Your aunt went self-employed, so no sick pay, she worked through the flu." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t4:1 # text = Grandad: "Your aunt went self-employed, so no sick pay, she worked through the flu." 1 Grandad Grandad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 aunt aunt NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 went go VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 self self NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 employed employ VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 11 so so ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 12 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 14 det _ _ 13 sick sick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 pay pay NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 17 punct _ _ 16 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 17 nsubj _ _ 17 worked work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 conj _ _ 18 through through ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 flu flu NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 21 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | past | Grandad | no sick pay | | | | | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **employ** *in a quote* | participle | Grandad *not said here* | | | | | | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **work** *in a quote* | past | aunt | | | the flu | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* Why did she work with the flu? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t4:2 # text = Why did she work with the flu? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 flu flu NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | past · do-support | aunt | | | | | with the flu | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with flu=Co-Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} She had run out of holiday ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t4:o1:1 # text = She had run out of holiday 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 run run VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 holiday holiday NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | past · perfect | She | | | holiday | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out holiday=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} Work is the best cure for flu ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t4:o2:1 # text = Work is the best cure for flu 1 Work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 cure cure NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 flu flu NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | Work | the best cure | | | | for flu | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} If she doesn't work, she doesn't get paid ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t4:o3:1 # text = If she doesn't work, she doesn't get paid 1 If if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 3 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 11 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 7 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 8 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 11 advmod _ _ 10 get get AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **work** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · do-support | she | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **pay** | present · passive · do-support | | she | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | ### Option 4 {#o4} Her boss made her come in ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t4:o4:1 # text = Her boss made her come in 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 3 nsubj _ _ 3 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ _ 5 come come VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 in in ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | past | Her boss | her *= she* | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **come in** | infinitive | her *= she* *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «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. 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