Exam question 4 · When work goes wrong

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning an employment tribunal.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, employment tribunal

This is exam question 4 of lesson 4 «When work goes wrong» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 tribunal	det
13	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tribunal	compound
14	tribunal	tribunal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a employment tribunal		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus tribunal=Experiencer

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

It is the process whereby a new employee is interviewed

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	4 process	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 process	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 process	det
4	process	process	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	whereby	whereby	ADV	PronType=Int	10 interviewed	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 employee	det
7	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 employee	amod
8	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 interviewed	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 interviewed	aux:pass
10	interviewed	interview	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 process	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	the process					tree rules
2	interview speech: other	present · passive		a new employee				whereby property	vn interrogate-37.1.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

Option 2

It is a ceremony marking the retirement of an employee

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	4 ceremony	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ceremony	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ceremony	det
4	ceremony	ceremony	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	marking	mark	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 ceremony	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 retirement	det
7	retirement	retirement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 marking	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 employee	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 employee	det
10	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 retirement	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a ceremony	tree rules
2	mark	gerund	a ceremony not said here	the retirement of a employee	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent retirement=Destination
3	retire		a employee		nom retirement «state intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A body resembling a court which adjudicates disputes between employees and employers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 body	det
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	resembling	resemble	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 body	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 court	det
5	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 resembling	obj
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 adjudicates	nsubj
7	adjudicates	adjudicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 court	acl:relcl
8	disputes	dispute	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 adjudicates	obj
9	between	between	ADP	_	10 employees	case
10	employees	employee	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 disputes	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 employers	cc
12	employers	employer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 disputes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	resemble	gerund	a body not said here	a court					tree rules
2	adjudicate	present	a court	disputes and employers				between employees	tree rules

Option 4

It is a meeting convened by a trade union for the purpose of electing its officers

The tree, 16 words

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	4 meeting	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 meeting	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 meeting	det
4	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	convened	convene	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 meeting	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 union	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 union	det
8	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 union	compound
9	union	union	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 convened	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 purpose	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 purpose	det
12	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 convened	obl
13	of	of	SCONJ	_	14 electing	mark
14	electing	elect	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 purpose	acl
15	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 officers	nmod:poss
16	officers	officer	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 electing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a meeting		tree rules
2	convene	participle		a meeting not said here	by a trade union; for the purpose	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	elect	gerund	the purpose not said here	purpose's officers		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent officer=Theme

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