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title: Kai's mum, a nurse on nights: "pays a bit more, but I'm knackered."… — Wages, salary and where family money c… · tree and pragmatics
description: Kai's mum, a nurse on nights: "pays a bit more, but I'm knackered." ("Knackered" means very tired.) What's the trade-off? Test 8 of lesson 20 «Wages, salary and where family money comes from» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 8 · Wages, salary and where family money comes from

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Kai's mum, a nurse on nights: "pays a bit more, but I'm knackered." ("Knackered" means very tired.) What's the trade-off?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mum, I, Knackered, trade off · **What happens:** pay, be, mean · **To what, where:** more

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This is test 8 of lesson 20 «Wages, salary and where family money comes from» of the money 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/money/20-wages-salary-and-where-family-money-comes-from/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kai's mum, a nurse on nights: "pays a bit more, but I'm knackered."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:20-wages-salary-and-where-family-money-comes-from:t8:1
# text = Kai's mum, a nurse on nights: "pays a bit more, but I'm knackered."
1	Kai	Kai	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	nurse	nurse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	_
14	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
16	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
19	knackered	knackered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** *in a quote* | present | Kai's mum | more |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Asset |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | I |  |  |  |  | knackered *property* | tree rules |

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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:* ("Knackered" means very tired.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:20-wages-salary-and-where-family-money-comes-from:t8:2
# text = ("Knackered" means very tired.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Knackered	knackered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	very	very	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Knackered |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What's the trade-off?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:20-wages-salary-and-where-family-money-comes-from:t8:3
# text = What's the trade-off?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	off	off	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the trade off |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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More pay against being very tired

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:20-wages-salary-and-where-family-money-comes-from:t8:o1:1
# text = More pay against being very tired
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
5	very	very	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	tired	tired	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | tired *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Less pay against getting more sleep at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:20-wages-salary-and-where-family-money-comes-from:t8:o2:1
# text = Less pay against getting more sleep at night
1	Less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	against	against	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	getting	get	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | gerund | Less pay *not said here* | more sleep |  |  | night |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sleep=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No trade-off at all, because nights pay the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:20-wages-salary-and-where-family-money-comes-from:t8:o3:1
# text = No trade-off at all, because nights pay the same
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
2	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	off	off	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	nights	night	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	pay	pay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present | nights | the same |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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More pay against having fewer patients to see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:20-wages-salary-and-where-family-money-comes-from:t8:o4:1
# text = More pay against having fewer patients to see
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	against	against	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	having	have	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	patients	patient	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | gerund | More pay *not said here* | fewer patients |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent patient=Patient |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | More pay *not said here* | fewer patients *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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