--- title: A Gen Alpha cousin says, "My cousin got his first pay packet, he's b… — Jobs and what people earn · tree and pragmatics description: A Gen Alpha cousin says, "My cousin got his first pay packet, he's buzzing, it's giving rich." ("Buzzing" means very happy; "it's giving" means it looks like.) He worked 6 hours at £8 — no, £9 — an hour. How much did he get? 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How much did he get? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Alpha cousin, cousin, packet, Buzzing, giving · **What happens:** say, get, buzz, give, mean, look · **To what, where:** first pay packet, much · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A Gen Alpha cousin says, "My cousin got his first pay packet, he's buzzing, it's giving rich." ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t8:1 # text = A Gen Alpha cousin says, "My cousin got his first pay packet, he's buzzing, it's giving rich." 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 Gen Gen PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 Alpha Alpha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 cousin cousin NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 got get VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 ccomp _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 12 first first ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 14 amod _ _ 13 pay pay NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 packet packet NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 16 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux _ _ 18 buzzing buzz VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 22 punct _ _ 20 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 22 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 21 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 22 aux _ _ 22 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 ccomp _ _ 23 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 22 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 24 . . PUNCT . _ 22 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 25 " " PUNCT '' _ 22 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Alpha cousin | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **get** *in a quote* | past | My cousin | cousin's first pay packet | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer packet=Stimulus | | 3 | **buzz** *in a quote* | present · progressive | cousin | | | | | | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | packet | | | | | rich *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | 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:* ("Buzzing" means very happy; "it's giving" means it looks like.) ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t8:2 # text = ("Buzzing" means very happy; "it's giving" means it looks like.) 1 ( ( PUNCT -LRB- _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 " " PUNCT `` _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 Buzzing buzzing NOUN NN Number=Sing 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 happy happy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ; ; PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 " " PUNCT `` _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 csubj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ 14 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 ccomp _ _ 17 like like ADP IN _ 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 ) ) PUNCT -RRB- _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | Buzzing | | | | | happy *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **give** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Buzzing | | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **mean** | present | giving | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 4 | **look** | present | Buzzing | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | *Sentence 3:* He worked 6 hours at £8 — no, £9 — an hour. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t8:3 # text = He worked 6 hours at £8 — no, £9 — an hour. 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 worked work VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 6 6 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 hours hour NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 £ £ SYM $ _ 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 8 8 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 8 — - PUNCT : _ 11 punct _ _ 9 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 11 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 11 £ £ SYM $ _ 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 12 9 9 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 13 — - PUNCT : _ 15 punct _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 . . PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | past | cousin | | | | hour | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at £=Theme | *Sentence 4:* How much did he get? ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t8:4 # text = How much did he get? 1 How how ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 much much ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obj _ _ 3 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | past · do-support | cousin | much | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer much=Stimulus | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} £54 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t8:o1:1 # text = £54 1 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 54 54 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} £15 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t8:o2:1 # text = £15 1 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} £69 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t8:o3:1 # text = £69 1 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 69 69 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} £48 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t8:o4:1 # text = £48 1 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 48 48 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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