Exam question 3 · A day at a grown-up's job

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning an annual appraisal.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, annual appraisal

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 appraisal	det
13	annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 appraisal	amod
14	appraisal	appraisal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a annual appraisal		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus appraisal=Experiencer

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

A celebratory gathering of long-serving employees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 gathering	det
2	celebratory	celebratory	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gathering	compound
3	gathering	gathering	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 employees	case
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 serving	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 long	punct
7	serving	serve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 employees	amod
8	employees	employee	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gathering	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	serve	gerund							vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A review by a superior of an employee's performance, bearing upon pay and promotion

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 review	det
2	review	review	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 superior	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 superior	det
5	superior	superior	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 review	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 performance	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 employee	det
8	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 performance	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 employee	case
10	performance	performance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 superior	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bearing	punct
12	bearing	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 review	acl
13	upon	upon	ADP	_	14 pay	case
14	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bearing	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 promotion	cc
16	promotion	promotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 pay	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	bear	gerund	a review by a superior of a employee's performance not said here	upon pay and promotion	vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer
2	review		a superior of a employee's performance		nom review «cognition transitive»: by=agent
3	perform		a employee		nom performance «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

A medical examination required of every employee before any annual holiday may be taken

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 examination	det
2	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 examination	amod
3	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 taken	nsubj:pass
4	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 examination	acl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 employee	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 employee	det
7	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	obl
8	before	before	ADP	_	11 holiday	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	11 holiday	det
10	annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 holiday	amod
11	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 required	obl
12	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 taken	aux
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 taken	aux:pass
14	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	participle		a medical examination not said here			before any annual holiday	of every employee	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	take	may · passive		a medical examination					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

An examination of the employee's dwelling by a council inspector

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 examination	det
2	examination	examination	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 dwelling	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 employee	det
5	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dwelling	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 employee	case
7	dwelling	dwell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 examination	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	11 inspector	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 inspector	det
10	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 inspector	compound
11	inspector	inspector	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dwelling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dwell	gerund	a examination not said here					by a council inspector	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by inspector=Location

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