Exam question 1 · Shifts, nights and other ways of working

Which of the following most accurately characterises a zero-hours contract?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: hours contract

This is exam question 1 of lesson 2 «Shifts, nights and other ways of working» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 following	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 following	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 following	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 following	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 contract	det
9	zero	zero	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 hours	nummod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 zero	punct
11	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 contract	compound
12	contract	contract	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 following	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a hours contract				accurately property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

No minimum number of working hours is guaranteed by the employer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	3 number	det
2	minimum	minimum	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 number	amod
3	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guaranteed	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 hours	case
5	working	working	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hours	compound
6	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 number	nmod
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 guaranteed	aux:pass
8	guaranteed	guarantee	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 employer	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 employer	det
11	employer	employer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guaranteed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guarantee	present · passive	the employer	no minimum number of working hours					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Theme

Option 2

An arrangement whereby the employee works exclusively at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 arrangement	det
2	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 works	nsubj
3	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	6 works	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 employee	det
5	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 works	nsubj
6	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	6 works	advmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 night	case
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 works	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	a arrangement				night	exclusively, whereby property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

An arrangement whereby the employee works no hours whatsoever and is paid in full

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 arrangement	det
2	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 works	nsubj
3	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	6 works	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 employee	det
5	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 works	nsubj
6	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 hours	det
8	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 works	obl:unmarked
9	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	6 works	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 paid	cc
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 paid	aux:pass
12	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 works	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 full	case
14	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	a arrangement				hour	whatsoever, whereby property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	pay	present · passive	a arrangement not said here			full			vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»

Option 4

An arrangement whereby wages are paid only once per annum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 arrangement	det
2	arrangement	arrangement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	6 paid	advmod
4	wages	wage	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 paid	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 paid	aux:pass
6	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 arrangement	acl:relcl
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 once	advmod
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 paid	advmod
9	per	per	ADP	_	10 annum	case
10	annum	annum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 paid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present · passive		wages				per annum; once, whereby property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

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