Exam question 1 · A day at a grown-up's job

Identify the principal reason for which an employee customarily complies with the instructions of a line manager.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, employee · What happens: identify, comply, instruct · To what, where: principal reason, line manager

This is exam question 1 of lesson 1 «A day at a grown-up's job» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 complies	obl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 employee	det
8	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 complies	nsubj
9	customarily	customarily	ADV	_	10 complies	advmod
10	complies	comply	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reason	parataxis
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 instructions	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 instructions	det
13	instructions	instruction	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 complies	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 manager	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 manager	det
16	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 manager	compound
17	manager	manager	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 instructions	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	comply	present	a employee		for the principal reason; with the instructions of a line manager; customarily property	tree rules
3	instruct			a line manager		nom instruction «communication transitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Line managers are invariably correct in all matters

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 managers	compound
2	managers	manager	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 correct	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 correct	cop
4	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 correct	advmod
5	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 matters	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 matters	det
8	matters	matter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 correct	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Line managers			all matters		correct, invariably property	tree rules

Option 2

The line manager possesses the lawful authority to imprison a disobedient employee

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 manager	det
2	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 manager	compound
3	manager	manager	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 possesses	nsubj
4	possesses	possess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 authority	det
6	lawful	lawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 authority	amod
7	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 possesses	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 imprison	mark
9	imprison	imprison	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 possesses	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 employee	det
11	disobedient	disobedient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 employee	amod
12	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 imprison	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	possess	present	the line manager	the lawful authority					vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot authority=Theme
2	imprison	to-infinitive	the line manager not said here	a disobedient employee					vn confine-92 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employee=Theme

Option 3

The employee is related by blood to the line manager

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 employee	det
2	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 related	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 related	aux:pass
4	related	relate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 blood	case
6	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 related	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 manager	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 manager	det
9	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 manager	compound
10	manager	manager	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 related	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	relate	present · passive		the employee	the line manager			by blood	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to manager=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Compliance forms part of the terms of paid employment and bears upon remuneration

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Compliance	compliance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forms	nsubj
2	forms	form	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forms	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 terms	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 terms	det
6	terms	term	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 part	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 employment	case
8	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 employment	amod
9	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 terms	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 bears	cc
11	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 employment	conj
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 remuneration	case
13	remuneration	remuneration	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 employment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	form	present	Compliance	part of the terms of paid employment upon remuneration and bears	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location part=Theme
2	pay	participle			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	term			paid employment upon remuneration and bears	nom term «communication transitive»: of=patient

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