Test 1 · ★ · Finding a job and getting on
Overheard: "Fifty applications. Fifty. Two replies, both no." What should you think?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: overhear, think · To what, where: Fifty applications, no.
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 3 «Finding a job and getting on» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school. 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
Sentence 1: Overheard: "Fifty applications.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overheard | overhear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 applications | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 applications | punct |
| 4 | Fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 applications | nummod |
| 5 | applications | application | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Overheard | obl |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Overheard | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overhear | participle | Fifty applications | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: Fifty.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Fifty | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: Two replies, both no." What should you think?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 replies | nummod |
| 2 | replies | reply | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 no. | punct |
| 4 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 no. | det |
| 5 | no. | no. | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Sing | 2 replies | appos |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 think | punct |
| 7 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 think | obj |
| 8 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 think | aux |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 think | nsubj |
| 10 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 no. | acl:relcl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 replies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other in a quote | should | you | both no. | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The firms are all closing down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 firms | det |
| 2 | firms | firm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 closing | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 closing | aux |
| 4 | all | all | ADV | _ | 5 closing | advmod |
| 5 | closing | close | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 5 closing | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close down | present · progressive | the firms | all property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
She must be applying for jobs in the wrong country by mistake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 applying | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 applying | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 applying | aux |
| 4 | applying | apply | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 jobs | case |
| 6 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 applying | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 country | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 country | det |
| 9 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 country | amod |
| 10 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 applying | obl |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 mistake | case |
| 12 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 applying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | apply | must · progressive | She | the wrong country | for jobs; by mistake | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for job=Eventuality |
Option 3
She is not trying hard enough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 trying | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 trying | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 trying | advmod |
| 4 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 trying | advmod |
| 6 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 4 trying | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not try | present · progressive | She | enough, hard property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Hearing "no" many times is normal, keep encouraging her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hearing | hearing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 no | compound |
| 2 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 no | punct |
| 3 | no | no | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 times | compound |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 no | punct |
| 5 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 times | amod |
| 6 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 normal | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 normal | cop |
| 8 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 keep | punct |
| 10 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 8 normal | parataxis |
| 11 | encouraging | encourage | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 keep | xcomp |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 encouraging | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | no many times | normal property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | keep | infinitive | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | encourage | gerund | her = she | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
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