--- title: Jake's dad, after school calls: «that's half a day's wages gone». Wh… — Jake and the head teacher · tree and pragmatics description: Jake's dad, after school calls: «that's half a day's wages gone». What does Jake learn? 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What does Jake learn? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that, Jake · **What happens:** be, learn This is test 6 of lesson 373 «Jake and the head teacher» of the everyday 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/everyday/373-jake-and-the-head-teacher/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Jake's dad, after school calls: «that's half a day's wages gone». ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:373-jake-and-the-head-teacher:t6:1 # text = Jake's dad, after school calls: «that's half a day's wages gone». 1 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 5 after after ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 calls call NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 : : PUNCT : _ 17 punct _ _ 9 « « PUNCT `` _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 17 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 17 cop _ _ 12 half half DET PDT NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind 16 det:predet _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 15 's 's PART POS _ 14 case _ _ 16 wages wage NOUN NNS Number=Plur 17 nsubj _ _ 17 gone gone ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 parataxis _ SpaceAfter=No 18 » » PUNCT '' _ 17 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that | | | | | gone *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 does Jake learn? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:373-jake-and-the-head-teacher:t6:2 # text = What does Jake learn? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 Jake Jake PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 learn learn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **learn** | present · do-support | Jake | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} His dad is just in a bad mood about something at work ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:373-jake-and-the-head-teacher:t6:o1:1 # text = His dad is just in a bad mood about something at work 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 bad bad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 mood mood NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 9 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 8 nmod _ _ 11 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | His dad | | | a bad mood | | about something | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} His choices cost his family too ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:373-jake-and-the-head-teacher:t6:o2:1 # text = His choices cost his family too 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 choices choice NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cost cost VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 too too ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cost** | past | His choices | his family | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme family=Value | ### Option 3 {#o3} School should pay his dad ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:373-jake-and-the-head-teacher:t6:o3:1 # text = School should pay his dad 1 School school NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 pay pay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 dad dad NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | should | School | School's dad | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Asset | ### Option 4 {#o4} Work doesn't matter ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:373-jake-and-the-head-teacher:t6:o4:1 # text = Work doesn't matter 1 Work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 matter matter VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | Work | | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | **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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