Exam question 4 · Shifts, nights and other ways of working

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

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response · What happens: select, be, establish · To what, where: response

This is exam question 4 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	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
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	concerning	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 leave	amod
12	annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 leave	amod
13	leave	leave	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consistent	parataxis
14	.	.	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

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

It is paid holiday, to be agreed with the employer so that not all are absent at once

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 paid	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 paid	aux:pass
3	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 agreed	punct
6	to	to	PART	_	8 agreed	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 agreed	aux:pass
8	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 paid	advcl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 employer	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 employer	det
11	employer	employer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 agreed	obl
12	so	so	SCONJ	_	17 absent	mark
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 absent	mark
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 absent	advmod
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 absent	nsubj
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 absent	cop
17	absent	absent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 agreed	xcomp
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 once	case
19	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	17 absent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pay	present · passive		It		vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient holiday=Asset
2	agree speech: agree	to-infinitive · passive			with the employer	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: with employer=Co-Agent
3	not is not said to happen	present	all		absent property	tree rules

Option 2

Annual leave is granted solely at the employer's whim and is invariably unpaid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 leave	amod
2	leave	leave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 granted	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 granted	aux:pass
4	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	solely	solely	ADV	_	4 granted	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	10 whim	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 employer	det
8	employer	employer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 whim	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 employer	case
10	whim	whim	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 granted	obl:agent
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 unpaid	cc
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 unpaid	cop
13	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	14 unpaid	advmod
14	unpaid	unpaid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 granted	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grant	present · passive	the employer's whim	Annual leave				solely property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	is	present	the employer's whim not said here					invariably, unpaid property	tree rules

Option 3

Annual leave may be taken only by part-time workers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 leave	amod
2	leave	leave	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 taken	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 taken	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 taken	aux:pass
5	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	only	only	ADV	_	5 taken	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	11 workers	case
8	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 time	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 part	punct
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 workers	compound
11	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 taken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	may · passive	time workers	Annual leave					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

Annual leave is restricted to the month of August alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Annual	annual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 leave	amod
2	leave	leave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 restricted	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 restricted	aux:pass
4	restricted	restrict	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 month	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 month	det
7	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 restricted	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 August	case
9	August	August	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 month	nmod
10	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 restricted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	restrict	present · passive		Annual leave			month	alone property	vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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