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Exam question 3 · Money, work and the big choices

It is given that an adult is unsuccessful in an application for employment. Determine the conclusion consistent with the established facts.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: adult, you · What happens: give, be, determine, establish · To what, where: It, application, conclusion

This is exam question 3 of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» 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

Sentence 1: It is given that an adult is unsuccessful in an application for employment.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 unsuccessful	mark
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 unsuccessful	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 unsuccessful	cop
8	unsuccessful	unsuccessful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 given	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 application	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 application	det
11	application	application	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 unsuccessful	obl
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 employment	case
13	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 application	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present · passive		It					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	present	a adult			a application for employment		unsuccessful property	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: Determine the conclusion consistent with the established facts.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conclusion	det
3	conclusion	conclusion	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Determine	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here	the conclusion				consistent property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic
2	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The interviewer is obliged to reconsider the decision

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 interviewer	det
2	interviewer	interviewer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 obliged	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 obliged	aux:pass
4	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 reconsider	mark
6	reconsider	reconsider	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 obliged	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 decision	det
8	decision	decision	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reconsider	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		the interviewer					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	reconsider	to-infinitive		the decision					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

This is commonplace, and further applications may succeed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	This	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 commonplace	det
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 commonplace	cop
3	commonplace	commonplace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 succeed	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 commonplace	punct
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 applications	cc
6	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 applications	amod
7	applications	application	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 commonplace	conj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 succeed	aux
9	succeed	succeed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		this commonplace and further applications					tree rules
2	succeed	may	this commonplace and further applications						vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Interviews are of no consequence in obtaining work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Interviews	interview	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 consequence	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 consequence	cop
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 consequence	case
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 consequence	det
5	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	in	in	SCONJ	_	7 obtaining	mark
7	obtaining	obtain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 consequence	acl
8	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 obtaining	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Interviews					of no consequence	tree rules
2	obtain	gerund	no consequence not said here	work					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset work=Theme

Option 4

The adult is thereby excluded from all future employment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 adult	det
2	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 excluded	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 excluded	aux:pass
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 excluded	advmod
5	excluded	exclude	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	from	from	ADP	_	9 employment	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 employment	det
8	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 employment	amod
9	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 excluded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exclude	present · passive		the adult		all future employment		thereby property	vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from employment=Eventuality

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