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Test 3 · ★ · Finding a job and getting on

Dad on the phone: "Yeah, three of us shortlisted, final round Thursday." What is happening?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dad · What happens: shortlist, happen

This is test 3 · ★ 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: Dad on the phone: "Yeah, three of us shortlisted, final round Thursday."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shortlisted	nsubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 phone	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 phone	det
4	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dad	nmod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 three	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 three	punct
7	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	9 three	discourse
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 three	punct
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 shortlisted	nsubj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 us	case
11	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 three	nmod
12	shortlisted	shortlist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 Thursday	punct
14	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 Thursday	amod
15	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 Thursday	amod
16	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 shortlisted	obl:unmarked
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	16 Thursday	punct
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 shortlisted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shortlist in a quote	past	Dad on the phone				thursday		tree rules

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 happening?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happening	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 happening	aux
3	happening	happen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happening	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present · progressive							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Dad has already got the job and he starts on Thursday morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 got	aux
3	already	already	ADV	_	4 got	advmod
4	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 job	det
6	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 starts	cc
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 starts	nsubj
9	starts	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 got	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 morning	case
11	Thursday	Thursday	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 morning	compound
12	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 starts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present · perfect	Dad	the job					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus
2	start	present	Dad				morning		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

Dad has been offered three jobs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 offered	nsubj:pass
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 offered	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 offered	aux:pass
4	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 jobs	nummod
6	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 offered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	present · perfect · passive		Dad					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: subject=Goal job=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Three people are competing at interview for one job

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 people	nummod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 competing	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 competing	aux
4	competing	compete	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 interview	case
6	interview	interview	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 competing	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 job	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 job	nummod
9	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 competing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compete	present · progressive	Three people			interview		for one job	vn battle-36.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Dad is choosing between three colleagues

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 choosing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 choosing	aux
3	choosing	choose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	between	between	ADP	_	6 colleagues	case
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 colleagues	nummod
6	colleagues	colleague	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 choosing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	choose	present · progressive	Dad					between three colleagues	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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