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title: A grandad from Durham says, "Hard graft, pet, sixty hours down the p… — Jobs and what people earn · tree and pragmatics
description: A grandad from Durham says, "Hard graft, pet, sixty hours down the pit." ("Hard graft" means very hard work; "the pit" is the coal mine.) If he worked 6 days, how many hours a day? Test 3 of lesson 29 «Jobs and what people earn» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree 
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# Test 3 · Jobs and what people earn

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A grandad from Durham says, "Hard graft, pet, sixty hours down the pit." ("Hard graft" means very hard work; "the pit" is the coal mine.) If he worked 6 days, how many hours a day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** grandad, Hard graft, pit · **What happens:** say, mean, be, work · **To what, where:** hard work, coal mine · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 of lesson 29 «Jobs and what people earn» 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/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A grandad from Durham says, "Hard graft, pet, sixty hours down the pit."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t3:1
# text = A grandad from Durham says, "Hard graft, pet, sixty hours down the pit."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Durham	Durham	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	graft	graft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	pet	pet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
14	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
15	down	down	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a grandad from Durham |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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:* ("Hard graft" means very hard work; "the pit" is the coal mine.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t3:2
# text = ("Hard graft" means very hard work; "the pit" is the coal mine.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	graft	graft	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	18	punct	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	pit	pit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	mine	mine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Hard graft | hard work |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Topic |
| 2 | **is a** | present | the pit | the coal mine |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* If he worked 6 days, how many hours a day?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t3:3
# text = If he worked 6 days, how many hours a day?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	worked	work	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
8	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | past | grandad |  |  |  | day |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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10

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t3:o1:1
# text = 10
1	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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6

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t3:o2:1
# text = 6
1	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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54

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t3:o3:1
# text = 54
1	54	54	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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12

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t3:o4:1
# text = 12
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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