Test 10 · ★★ · When work goes wrong
News: "Steelworks to close, 2,000 jobs lost; town in shock." Why is the whole town in shock?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: whole town · What happens: close, lose, be · To what, where: 2,000 jobs
This is test 10 · ★★ 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: News: "Steelworks to close, 2,000 jobs lost; town in shock."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | News | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Steelworks | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Steelworks | punct |
| 4 | Steelworks | steelwork | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 News | appos |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 close | mark |
| 6 | close | close | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 Steelworks | acl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 jobs | punct |
| 8 | 2,000 | 2000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 jobs | nummod |
| 9 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 Steelworks | conj |
| 10 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 jobs | acl |
| 11 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 town | punct |
| 12 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Steelworks | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 shock | case |
| 14 | shock | shock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 town | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 Steelworks | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 Steelworks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close in a quote | to-infinitive | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | lose in a quote | participle | 2,000 jobs not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 the whole town in shock?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 town | det |
| 4 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 town | amod |
| 5 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 shock | case |
| 7 | shock | shock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 town | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the whole town in shock | why property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The town must close too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 town | det |
| 2 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 close | nsubj |
| 3 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 close | aux |
| 4 | close | close | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 close | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | must | the town | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
So many people lose their jobs at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 people | amod |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lose | nsubj |
| 4 | lose | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 jobs | nmod:poss |
| 6 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lose | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 once | case |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 lose | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present | many people | people's jobs | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | job | people | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
The steelworks was the only house in town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 steelworks | det |
| 2 | steelworks | steelwork | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 house | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 house | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 house | det |
| 5 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 house | amod |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 town | case |
| 8 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 house | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the steelworks | the only house | town | tree rules |
Option 4
Steel will no longer exist anywhere in the world
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steel | steel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 exist | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 exist | aux |
| 3 | no | no | ADV | _ | 4 longer | advmod |
| 4 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 exist | advmod |
| 5 | exist | exist | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 exist | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 world | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 world | det |
| 9 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 exist | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exist | future | Steel | the world | anywhere, long property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in world=Location |
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