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title: Dad: "Bonus! But don't count on it next year, kids." Why not? — Where money comes from · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad: "Bonus! But don't count on it next year, kids." Why not? Test 11 · ★ 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 11 · ★ · Where money comes from

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Dad: "Bonus! But don't count on it next year, kids." Why not?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** not count

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This is test 11 · ★ 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad: "Bonus!

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t11:1
# text = Dad: "Bonus!
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Bonus	bonus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* But don't count on it next year, kids."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t11:2
# text = But don't count on it next year, kids."
1	But	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	count	count	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **count** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* |  |  |  | year | on Bonus | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on it=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Why not?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t11:3
# text = Why not?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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A bonus is not guaranteed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t11:o1:1
# text = A bonus is not guaranteed
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bonus	bonus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	guaranteed	guarantee	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **guarantee** | present · passive |  | a bonus |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Bonuses are only paid once in a life

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t11:o2:1
# text = Bonuses are only paid once in a life
1	Bonuses	bonus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	advmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present · passive |  | Bonuses |  | a life |  | once *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He has to pay it all back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t11:o3:1
# text = He has to pay it all back
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | He |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **pay** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The taxman takes all of it next year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t11:o4:1
# text = The taxman takes all of it next year
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	taxman	taxman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
7	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | the taxman |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **year** |  | all |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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