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Test 2 · ★ · Finding a job and getting on

Your brother says: "Probation? So Mum's in trouble with the cops?" Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, Mum, you · What happens: say, trouble, put · To what, where: Probation, brother · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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: Your brother says: "Probation?

nmod:possnsubjpunctpunctobjpunctrootYourPRONbrotherNOUNsaysVERB:PUNCT"PUNCTProbationNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 brothernmod:poss
2brotherbrotherNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysnsubj
3sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4::PUNCT_6 Probationpunct
5""PUNCT_6 Probationpunct
6ProbationprobationNOUNNumber=Sing3 saysobj
7??PUNCT_3 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresentYour brotherProbationvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent probation=Topic

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: So Mum's in trouble with the cops?"

advmodnmod:posscasecasecasedetnmodpunctpunctrootSoADVMumPROPN'sPARTinADPtroubleNOUNwithADPtheDETcopsNOUN?PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SosoADV_5 troubleadvmod
2MumMumPROPNNumber=Sing5 troublenmod:poss
3's'sPART_2 Mumcase
4ininADP_5 troublecase
5troubletroubleNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
6withwithADP_8 copscase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 copsdet
8copscopNOUNNumber=Plur5 troublenmod
9??PUNCT_5 troublepunct
10""PUNCT_5 troublepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1troubleMumwith the copsnom trouble «cognition transitive»: poss=agent with=obl

Sentence 3: Put him right.

objadvmodpunctrootPutVERBhimPRONrightADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PutputVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs1 Putobj
3rightrightADV_1 Putadvmod
4..PUNCT_1 Putpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1putimperativeyou not said herebrotherright propertyvn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1

Probation means she failed her first week

nsubjnsubjccompnmod:possamodobl:unmarkedrootProbationNOUNmeansVERBshePRONfailedVERBherPRONfirstADJweekNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ProbationprobationNOUNNumber=Sing2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 failednsubj
4failedfailVERBMood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin2 meansccomp
5herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 weeknmod:poss
6firstfirstADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord7 weekamod
7weekweekNOUNNumber=Sing4 failedobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentProbationvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2failpastProbationweekvn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

At work, probation is just a trial period in a new job

casecompoundpunctnsubjcopadvmoddetcompoundcasedetamodnmodrootAtADPworkNOUN,PUNCTprobationNOUNisAUXjustADVaDETtrialNOUNperiodNOUNinADPaDETnewADJjobNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AtatADP_2 workcase
2workworkNOUNNumber=Sing4 probationcompound
3,,PUNCT_2 workpunct
4probationprobationNOUNNumber=Sing9 periodnsubj
5isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 periodcop
6justjustADV_9 periodadvmod
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 perioddet
8trialtrialNOUNNumber=Sing9 periodcompound
9periodperiodNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
10ininADP_13 jobcase
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 jobdet
12newnewADJDegree=Pos13 jobamod
13jobjobNOUNNumber=Sing9 periodnmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentwork probationa trial perioda new jobtree rules

Option 3

Probation means she isn't paid yet

nsubjnsubjaux:passadvmodccompadvmodrootProbationNOUNmeansVERBshePRONisAUXn'tPARTpaidVERByetADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ProbationprobationNOUNNumber=Sing2 meansnsubj
2meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs6 paidnsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 paidaux:pass
5n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg6 paidadvmod
6paidpayVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 meansccomp
7yetyetADV_6 paidadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1meanpresentProbationvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2not paypresent · passiveProbationyetvn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 4

He is right, probation means a police check on her whole family

nsubjcopamodpunctnsubjdetcompoundobjcasenmod:possamodoblrootHePRONisAUXrightADJ,PUNCTprobationNOUNmeansVERBaDETpoliceNOUNcheckNOUNonADPherPRONwholeADJfamilyNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Pos5 probationamod
4,,PUNCT_3 rightpunct
5probationprobationNOUNNumber=Sing6 meansnsubj
6meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 checkdet
8policepoliceNOUNNumber=Sing9 checkcompound
9checkcheckNOUNNumber=Sing6 meansobj
10ononADP_13 familycase
11herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs13 familynmod:poss
12wholewholeADJDegree=Pos13 familyamod
13familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing6 meansobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2meanpresentright probationa police checkprobation's whole familyvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent check=Topic

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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