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title: Mum, quietly: "Only 12 hours next week. Dunno how we'll pay the gas.… — Shifts, nights and other ways of working · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum, quietly: "Only 12 hours next week. Dunno how we'll pay the gas." Why is money suddenly tight? Test 5 · ★ 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 c
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# Test 5 · ★ · Shifts, nights and other ways of working

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Mum, quietly: "Only 12 hours next week. Dunno how we'll pay the gas." Why is money suddenly tight?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Dunno, money · **What happens:** pay, be · **To what, where:** gas

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum, quietly: "Only 12 hours next week.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t5:1
# text = Mum, quietly: "Only 12 hours next week.
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
9	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 2:* Dunno how we'll pay the gas."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t5:2
# text = Dunno how we'll pay the gas."
1	Dunno	Dunno	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | future | Dunno | the gas |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gas=Asset |

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*Sentence 3:* Why is money suddenly tight?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t5:3
# text = Why is money suddenly tight?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	tight	tight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She got a pay rise and must pay more tax

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t5:o1:1
# text = She got a pay rise and must pay more tax
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	rise	rise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
9	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | She | a pay rise |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rise=Stimulus |
| 2 | **pay** | must | She *not said here* | more tax |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The gas company doubled its prices overnight for everybody

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t5:o2:1
# text = The gas company doubled its prices overnight for everybody
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	doubled	double	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	overnight	overnight	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	everybody	everybody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **double** | past | the gas company | company's prices |  |  |  | for everybody; overnight *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent price=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She is taking annual leave

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t5:o3:1
# text = She is taking annual leave
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	annual	annual	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	leave	leave	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present · progressive | She | annual leave |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leave=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Her hours, and so her pay, went down this week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:2-shifts-nights-and-other-ways-of-working:t5:o4:1
# text = Her hours, and so her pay, went down this week
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	down	down	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	det	_	_
12	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go down** | past | Her hours |  |  |  | week | down *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **pay** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom pay «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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