Exam question 2 · Finding a job and getting on

Identify the principal function of a reference supplied by a former employer.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, supply · To what, where: principal function, reference

This is exam question 2 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 reference	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 reference	det
7	reference	reference	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
8	supplied	supply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 reference	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	12 employer	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 employer	det
11	former	former	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 employer	amod
12	employer	employer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 supplied	obl:agent
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal function of a reference					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=Theme
2	supply	participle		a reference not said here					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

To list all vacancies currently available

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 list	mark
2	list	list	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 vacancies	det
4	vacancies	vacancy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 list	obj
5	currently	currently	ADV	_	6 available	advmod
6	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 list	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	list	to-infinitive		all vacancies					tree rules

Option 2

To specify the salary the applicant must be paid by the new employer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 specify	mark
2	specify	specify	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 paid	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 salary	det
4	salary	salary	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 specify	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 applicant	det
6	applicant	applicant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 specify	obj
7	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 paid	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 paid	aux:pass
9	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 employer	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 employer	det
12	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 employer	amod
13	employer	employer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 paid	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	specify	to-infinitive	the new employer not said here	the salary					tree rules
2	pay	must · passive	the new employer						vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To attest to the reliability and competence of the applicant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 attest	mark
2	attest	attest	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 reliability	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reliability	det
5	reliability	reliability	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 attest	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 competence	cc
7	competence	competence	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reliability	conj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 applicant	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 applicant	det
10	applicant	applicant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reliability	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attest	to-infinitive						to the reliability of the applicant and competence	tree rules

Option 4

To record the applicant's medical history

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 record	mark
2	record	record	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 applicant	det
4	applicant	applicant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 history	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 applicant	case
6	medical	medical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 history	amod
7	history	history	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 record	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	to-infinitive		the applicant's medical history					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent history=Theme

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