Exam question 1 · Finding a job and getting on

Which of the following most accurately characterises a probationary period in employment?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: probationary period, employment

This is exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Finding a job and getting on» 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	7 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 characterises	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 characterises	csubj
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	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 period	det
9	probationary	probationary	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 period	compound
10	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 employment	case
12	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 characterises	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 probationary period		employment		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

A period of unpaid leave granted after illness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 period	det
2	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 granted	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 unpaid	case
4	unpaid	unpaid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 period	nmod
5	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 granted	aux:pass
6	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	after	after	ADP	_	8 illness	case
8	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 granted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grant	present · passive		a period of unpaid			after illness		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme

Option 2

A period following retirement during which a pension is withheld

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 retirement	det
2	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 following	compound
3	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 retirement	amod
4	retirement	retirement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	during	during	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 withheld	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pension	det
8	pension	pension	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 withheld	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 withheld	aux:pass
10	withheld	withhold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 retirement	acl:relcl

#	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	withhold	present · passive		a pension			during a following retirement		tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A trial period in which employer and employee assess the suitability of the appointment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 period	det
2	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 period	compound
3	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 assess	nsubj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 employer	case
5	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	6 employer	det
6	employer	employer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 period	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 employee	cc
8	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 employer	conj
9	assess	assess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 suitability	det
11	suitability	suitability	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 assess	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 appointment	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 appointment	det
14	appointment	appointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 suitability	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assess	present	a trial period in which employer and employee	the suitability of the appointment					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent suitability=Theme

Option 4

A period of supervision imposed by a court following a criminal offence of any description

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 period	det
2	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 supervision	case
4	supervision	supervision	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 period	nmod
5	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 supervision	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 court	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 court	det
8	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 imposed	obl
9	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 period	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 offence	det
11	criminal	criminal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 offence	amod
12	offence	offence	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 following	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 description	case
14	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	15 description	det
15	description	description	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 offence	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	impose	participle		supervision not said here	by a court	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	follow	gerund	a period of supervision not said here	a criminal offence of any description		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent offence=Theme
3	offend			any description		nom offence «act transitive»: of=patient

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