Test 11 · ★ · Finding a job and getting on
Mum before an interview: "Haven't slept, so nervous." What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: not sleep, be
This is test 11 · ★ 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: Mum before an interview: "Haven't slept, so nervous."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 nervous | nsubj |
| 2 | before | before | ADP | _ | 4 interview | case |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 interview | det |
| 4 | interview | interview | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mum | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 slept | punct |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 slept | punct |
| 7 | Have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 slept | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 slept | advmod |
| 9 | slept | sleep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 nervous | advcl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 nervous | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 nervous | advmod |
| 12 | nervous | nervous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 12 nervous | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 nervous | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not sleep in a quote | present · perfect | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: 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.
Sentence 2: What is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Nerves before an interview are completely normal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nerves | nerve | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 normal | nsubj |
| 2 | before | before | ADP | _ | 4 interview | case |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 interview | det |
| 4 | interview | interview | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nerves | nmod |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 normal | cop |
| 6 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 7 normal | advmod |
| 7 | normal | normal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nerves before a interview | completely, normal property | tree rules |
Option 2
Being nervous means she will not get the job
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 nervous | cop |
| 2 | nervous | nervous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 get | nsubj |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 get | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 get | advmod |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 means | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 job | det |
| 9 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | gerund | nervous property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | mean | present | nervous | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not get | future | she | the job | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus |
Option 3
Interviews are nothing to be nervous about
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Interviews | interview | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 nothing | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 nothing | cop |
| 3 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 nervous | mark |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 nervous | cop |
| 6 | nervous | nervous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 nothing | acl |
| 7 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 nervous | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Interviews | nothing | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | to-infinitive | nervous property | tree rules |
Option 4
Only bad candidates feel nervous before an interview
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 bad | advmod |
| 2 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 candidates | amod |
| 3 | candidates | candidate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 feel | nsubj |
| 4 | feel | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | nervous | nervous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 feel | xcomp |
| 6 | before | before | ADP | _ | 8 interview | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 interview | det |
| 8 | interview | interview | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 feel | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | bad candidates | before a interview | nervous property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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