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title: Mum: "Work puts in the same as I put in, so I'm doing it." What is s… — Where money comes from · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum: "Work puts in the same as I put in, so I'm doing it." What is she doing? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 5 «Where money comes from» 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 10 · ★ · Where money comes from

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Mum: "Work puts in the same as I put in, so I'm doing it." What is she doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum, I · **What happens:** put, put in, do · **To what, where:** Work

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 5 «Where money comes from» 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/5-where-money-comes-from/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum: "Work puts in the same as I put in, so I'm doing it."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t10:1
# text = Mum: "Work puts in the same as I put in, so I'm doing it."
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	puts	put	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	put	put	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	advcl	_	_
12	in	in	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
15	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
17	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** *in a quote* | present | Mum |  |  |  |  | same *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **put in** *in a quote* | past | I |  |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **do** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | Work |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

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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 she doing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t10:2
# text = What is she doing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · progressive | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

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

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Saving into a pension, with her employer adding some

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t10:o1:1
# text = Saving into a pension, with her employer adding some
1	Saving	save	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pension	pension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	with	with	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	employer	employer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	adding	add	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
10	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | gerund |  |  |  | a pension |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund | her employer | some |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Lending money to her company

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t10:o2:1
# text = Lending money to her company
1	Lending	lend	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lend** | gerund |  | money | her company |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to company=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Buying shares in a shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t10:o3:1
# text = Buying shares in a shop
1	Buying	buy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	shares	share	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | gerund |  | shares |  | a shop |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent share=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Paying extra tax to her boss every month from her pay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t10:o4:1
# text = Paying extra tax to her boss every month from her pay
1	Paying	pay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | gerund |  | extra tax |  | her pay | month | to her boss | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tax=Asset |
| 2 | **pay** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom pay «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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