Test 7 · ★ · Money, work and the big choices
Mum, after a phone call: "Didn't get it. Ah well, onto the next one." What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: not get, be · To what, where: call
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» 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, after a phone call: "Didn't get it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 call | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 call | punct |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 call | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 call | det |
| 5 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 call | compound |
| 6 | call | call | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 get | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 get | punct |
| 9 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 get | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 get | advmod |
| 11 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 call | conj |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 get | obj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 call | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get in a quote | past · do-support | call | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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: Ah well, onto the next one."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ah | ah | INTJ | _ | 7 one | discourse |
| 2 | well | well | INTJ | _ | 1 Ah | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 one | punct |
| 4 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 7 one | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 one | det |
| 6 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 one | amod |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 one | punct |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 one | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 3: 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
She will never get a job now
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 get | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 get | advmod |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 job | det |
| 6 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obj |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get | future | She | a job | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus |
Option 2
The employer made a terrible mistake and will ring her back to say sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 employer | det |
| 2 | employer | employer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | nsubj |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 mistake | det |
| 5 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 mistake | amod |
| 6 | mistake | mistake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 made | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 ring | cc |
| 8 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 ring | aux |
| 9 | ring | ring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 made | conj |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 ring | obj |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 ring | advmod |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 say | mark |
| 13 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 ring | advcl |
| 14 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 say | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the employer | a terrible mistake | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product | ||||
| 2 | ring back | future | the employer not said here | employer | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location she=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: apologize | to-infinitive | the employer not said here | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Interviews are just for practice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Interviews | interview | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 practice | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 practice | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 practice | advmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 practice | case |
| 5 | practice | practice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Interviews | for practice | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Most people don't get every job they try for
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 get | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 get | advmod |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 job | det |
| 7 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obj |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 try | nsubj |
| 9 | try | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 job | acl:relcl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 try | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not get | present · do-support | Most people | every job | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | try | present | people | every job not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
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