--- title: Cousin, sixteen: "Café job's dead boring but I got paid, and I'm nev… — Money, work and the big choices · tree and pragmatics description: Cousin, sixteen: "Café job's dead boring but I got paid, and I'm never late now." What has the job taught her? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Money, work and the big choices](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Money, work and the big choices Cousin, sixteen: "Café job's dead boring but I got paid, and I'm never late now." What has the job taught her? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, job · **What happens:** pay, not be, have, teach · **To what, where:** I, her This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» 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/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Cousin, sixteen: "Café job's dead boring but I got paid, and I'm never late now." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t5:1 # text = Cousin, sixteen: "Café job's dead boring but I got paid, and I'm never late now." 1 Cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 sixteen sixteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 4 : : PUNCT : _ 10 punct _ _ 5 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 Café Café PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 's 's PART POS _ 7 case _ _ 9 dead dead ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 boring boring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 11 but but CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 12 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ _ 13 got get AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 10 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 17 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 20 cop _ _ 19 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 20 advmod _ _ 20 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 14 advmod _ _ 21 now now ADV RB PronType=Dem 20 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 23 " " PUNCT '' _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** *in a quote* | past · passive | | I | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset | | 2 | **not** **is** *in a quote* | present | I | | | | now | late *property* | tree rules | 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:* What has the job taught her? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t5:2 # text = What has the job taught her? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 taught teach VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 2 parataxis _ _ 6 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | | | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **teach** *speech: other* | past | the job | | her *= she* | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} How to cook the café's whole menu ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t5:o1:1 # text = How to cook the café's whole menu 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 to to PART TO _ 3 mark _ _ 3 cook cook VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 café café NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 whole whole ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 menu menu NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cook** | to-infinitive | | the café's whole menu | | | | | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent menu=Patient | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Being on time and earning her own money ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t5:o2:1 # text = Being on time and earning her own money 1 Being be VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 earning earn VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 6 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **be** | gerund | | | | | time | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **earn** | gerund | Being | her own money | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} That all jobs are always boring ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t5:o3:1 # text = That all jobs are always boring 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 nsubj _ _ 2 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 det _ _ 3 jobs job NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 6 advmod _ _ 6 boring boring ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | all jobs | | | | | always, boring *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} That being late is fine at the café as long as you smile ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:t5:o4:1 # text = That being late is fine at the café as long as you smile 1 That that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 nsubj _ _ 2 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 cop _ _ 3 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 csubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 café café NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 as as ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 long long ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 advmod _ _ 11 as as SCONJ IN _ 13 mark _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 13 nsubj _ _ 13 smile smile VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | gerund | | | | | | late *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **is** | present | That | | | the café | | fine, long *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **smile** | present | you | | | | | | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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