Test 8 · A day at a grown-up's job
Overheard: "Got my review Thursday, bricking it tbh, if it goes badly no raise this year." What is she worried about?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: review, my · What happens: overhear, get, brick, go, review, be · To what, where: review, raise
This is test 8 of lesson 1 «A day at a grown-up's job» of the adult life 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Overheard: "Got my review Thursday, bricking it tbh, if it goes badly no raise this year."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overheard | overhear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 Got | advcl |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Overheard | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Got | punct |
| 4 | Got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 review | nmod:poss |
| 6 | review | review | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Got | obj |
| 7 | Thursday | Thursday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 review | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bricking | punct |
| 9 | bricking | brick | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 Got | advcl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 bricking | obj |
| 11 | tbh | tbh | ADV | _ | 9 bricking | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 goes | punct |
| 13 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 15 goes | mark |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 goes | nsubj |
| 15 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 Got | conj |
| 16 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 15 goes | advmod |
| 17 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 18 raise | det |
| 18 | raise | raise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 goes | obl |
| 19 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 20 year | det |
| 20 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 goes | obl:unmarked |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 15 goes | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overhear | participle | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | get in a quote | past | my review | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer review=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | brick in a quote | gerund | review | tbh property | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination | ||||
| 4 | go a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | review | no raise | year | badly property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||
| 5 | review in a quote | my | nom review «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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: What is she worried about?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 worried | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 worried | cop |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 worried | nsubj |
| 4 | worried | worried | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 worried | obl |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 worried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | worried property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She will be reviewed in the newspaper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reviewed | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 reviewed | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 reviewed | aux:pass |
| 4 | reviewed | review | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 newspaper | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 newspaper | det |
| 7 | newspaper | newspaper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reviewed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | review | future · passive | She | the newspaper | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
She might break a brick wall at work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 break | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 break | aux |
| 3 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 wall | det |
| 5 | brick | brick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wall | compound |
| 6 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 break | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 work | case |
| 8 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 break | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | break | might | She | a brick wall | work | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wall=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Her appraisal might go badly and cost her a pay rise
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 appraisal | nmod:poss |
| 2 | appraisal | appraisal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | nsubj |
| 3 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 go | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 cost | cc |
| 7 | cost | cost | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | conj |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 cost | iobj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 rise | det |
| 10 | pay | pay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 rise | compound |
| 11 | rise | rise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cost | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | might | Her appraisal | badly property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cost | past | Her appraisal not said here | a pay rise | appraisal | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme she=Beneficiary rise=Value | |||
| 3 | appraise | Her = she | nom appraisal «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Her house is being inspected by a man from the council on Thursday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 house | nmod:poss |
| 2 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 inspected | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 inspected | aux:pass |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 inspected | aux:pass |
| 5 | inspected | inspect | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 man | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 man | det |
| 8 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 inspected | obl |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 council | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 council | det |
| 11 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 man | nmod |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 Thursday | case |
| 13 | Thursday | Thursday | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 inspected | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | inspect | present · passive | a man from the council | Her house | thursday | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
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