Exam question 4 · Finding a job and getting on

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning promotion.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, promotion

This is exam question 4 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	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:relcl
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	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	promotion	promotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
13	.	.	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
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	promotion		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus promotion=Experiencer

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

A promotion is a payment made upon retirement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 promotion	det
2	promotion	promotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 payment	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 payment	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 payment	det
5	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 payment	acl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 retirement	case
8	retirement	retirement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a promotion	a payment					tree rules
2	make	participle		a payment not said here				upon retirement	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 2

A promotion is a reduction in duties granted in recognition of long and faithful service to the firm

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 promotion	det
2	promotion	promotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reduction	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reduction	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reduction	det
5	reduction	reduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 duties	case
7	duties	duty	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 reduction	nmod
8	granted	grant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 duties	acl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 recognition	case
10	recognition	recognition	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 granted	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	15 service	case
12	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 service	amod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 faithful	cc
14	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 long	conj
15	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 recognition	nmod
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 firm	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 firm	det
18	firm	firm	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 service	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	a promotion	a reduction	duties	tree rules
2	grant	participle		duties not said here	recognition of long service to the firm	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	recognize			long service to the firm		nom recognition «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A promotion confers a more senior position, generally with greater responsibility and pay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 promotion	det
2	promotion	promotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confers	nsubj
3	confers	confer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 position	det
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 senior	advmod
6	senior	senior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 position	amod
7	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confers	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 generally	punct
9	generally	generally	ADV	_	3 confers	advmod
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 responsibility	case
11	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 responsibility	amod
12	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 confers	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 pay	cc
14	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 responsibility	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	present	a promotion	a senior position				with greater responsibility and pay; generally property	tree rules

Option 4

A promotion is the transfer of an employee to another organisation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 promotion	det
2	promotion	promotion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 transfer	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 transfer	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 transfer	det
5	transfer	transfer	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 employee	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 employee	det
8	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 transfer	nmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 organisation	case
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	11 organisation	det
11	organisation	organisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 transfer	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a promotion	the transfer				of a employee; to another organisation	tree rules

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