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title: Mum: "Child benefit's in, that's school shoes sorted." What is child… — Where money comes from · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum: "Child benefit's in, that's school shoes sorted." What is child benefit for? Test 6 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Where money comes from

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Mum: "Child benefit's in, that's school shoes sorted." What is child benefit for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Child benefit, that, Mum · **What happens:** be, sort · **To what, where:** school shoes

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum: "Child benefit's in, that's school shoes sorted."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t6:1
# text = Mum: "Child benefit's in, that's school shoes sorted."
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	benefit	benefit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
11	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	sorted	sort	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Child benefit |  |  |  |  | in *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | school shoes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **sort** *in a quote* | past | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 child benefit for?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t6:2
# text = What is child benefit for?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	benefit	benefit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | for child benefit | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Buying presents for the parents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t6:o1:1
# text = Buying presents for the parents
1	Buying	buy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	presents	present	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | gerund |  | presents |  |  |  | for the parents | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent present=Theme for parent=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Paying children for doing their homework every night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t6:o2:1
# text = Paying children for doing their homework every night
1	Paying	pay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	homework	homework	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | gerund |  | children |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Asset |
| 2 | **do** | gerund |  | children's homework |  |  | night |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Paying the school fees of private schools

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t6:o3:1
# text = Paying the school fees of private schools
1	Paying	pay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	fees	fee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	private	private	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | gerund |  | the school fees of private schools |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fee=Asset |

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

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Helping with the costs of bringing up children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t6:o4:1
# text = Helping with the costs of bringing up children
1	Helping	help	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	costs	cost	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	bringing	bring	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | with the costs | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with cost=Theme |
| 2 | **bring up** | gerund | the costs *not said here* | children |  |  |  |  | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent child=Patient |

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