Test 1 · ★★ · When work goes wrong
Overheard: "Fifty jobs going at the depot, Dave's worried he's next." Why is Dave worried?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fifty jobs, Dave · What happens: overhear, go, be · To what, where: Fifty jobs, depot · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 4 «When work goes wrong» 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: Overheard: "Fifty jobs going at the depot, Dave's worried he's next."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Overheard | overhear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 jobs | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 jobs | punct |
| 4 | Fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 jobs | nummod |
| 5 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Overheard | obl |
| 6 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 jobs | acl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 depot | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 depot | det |
| 9 | depot | depot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 going | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 worried | punct |
| 11 | Dave | Dave | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 worried | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 Dave | case |
| 13 | worried | worried | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 jobs | parataxis |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 next | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 next | cop |
| 16 | next | next | ADV | _ | 13 worried | ccomp |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Overheard | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 1 Overheard | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overhear | participle | Fifty jobs | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | go in a quote | gerund | Fifty jobs not said here | the depot | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at depot=Location | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | Dave | next 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: Why is Dave worried?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 worried | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 worried | cop |
| 3 | Dave | Dave | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 worried | nsubj |
| 4 | worried | worry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 worried | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Dave | worry property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Dave wants to leave but can't
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave | Dave | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 leave | mark |
| 4 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 ca | cc |
| 6 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 2 wants | conj |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 ca | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Dave | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | leave not said to happen | to-infinitive | Dave not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
When a firm lets people go, those who stay fear they will be next
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 4 lets | mark |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 firm | det |
| 3 | firm | firm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lets | nsubj |
| 4 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 next | advcl |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lets | obj |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 lets | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 next | punct |
| 8 | those | that | PRON | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 15 next | nsubj |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 stay | nsubj |
| 10 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 those | acl:relcl |
| 11 | fear | fear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stay | obj |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 next | nsubj |
| 13 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 next | aux |
| 14 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 next | cop |
| 15 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present | a firm | people | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | people not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | stay | present | fear | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme fear=Location | |||||
| 4 | is | future | those | next property | tree rules |
Option 3
Dave is going to get a promotion
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave | Dave | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 going | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 going | aux |
| 3 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 get | mark |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 going | xcomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 promotion | det |
| 7 | promotion | promotion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · progressive | Dave | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | Dave not said here | a promotion | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer promotion=Stimulus |
Option 4
Dave is the boss and must sack fifty people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dave | Dave | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 boss | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 boss | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 boss | det |
| 4 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sack | cc |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 sack | aux |
| 7 | sack | sack | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 boss | conj |
| 8 | fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 people | nummod |
| 9 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sack | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Dave | the boss | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sack | must | Dave not said here | fifty people | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |
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