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title: Ellie's uncle says, "No boss shouting at me, sound as." ("Sound as"… — The school fair, famous companies and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ellie's uncle says, "No boss shouting at me, sound as." ("Sound as" means really good.) What does he give up for that? Test 11 of lesson 32 «The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the questio
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# Test 11 · The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss

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Ellie's uncle says, "No boss shouting at me, sound as." ("Sound as" means really good.) What does he give up for that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** uncle, boss · **What happens:** say, shout, mean, give up · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 of lesson 32 «The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss» 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/32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ellie's uncle says, "No boss shouting at me, sound as."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t11:1
# text = Ellie's uncle says, "No boss shouting at me, sound as."
1	Ellie	Ellie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	uncle	uncle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
9	shouting	shout	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
14	as	as	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ellie's uncle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* *in a quote* | gerund | no boss and sound *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at Ellie's uncle *= uncle* | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: 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:* ("Sound as" means really good.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t11:2
# text = ("Sound as" means really good.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What does he give up for that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t11:3
# text = What does he give up for that?
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	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give up** | present · do-support | uncle |  |  |  |  | for that | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Source |

## The options {#options}

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

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Sick pay and a steady wage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t11:o1:1
# text = Sick pay and a steady wage
1	Sick	sick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	steady	steady	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wage	wage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Every penny of his profit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t11:o2:1
# text = Every penny of his profit
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	penny	penny	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **profit** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom profit «possession intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Weekends with no customers ever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t11:o3:1
# text = Weekends with no customers ever
1	Weekends	weekend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	customers	customer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
5	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The chance to choose his own hours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t11:o4:1
# text = The chance to choose his own hours
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	chance	chance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **choose** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | hour |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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