Test 3 · ★★ · When work goes wrong
Overheard: "Late every single day for a month, no wonder they fired him." What happened?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: they · What happens: overhear, fire, happen · To what, where: him
This is test 3 · ★★ 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: "Late every single day for a month, no wonder they fired him."
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 | _ | 1 Overheard | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 day | punct |
| 4 | Late | late | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 day | advmod |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 day | det |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 day | amod |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Overheard | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 month | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 month | det |
| 10 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 day | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 wonder | punct |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 13 wonder | det |
| 13 | wonder | wonder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 day | appos |
| 14 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 fired | nsubj |
| 15 | fired | fire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 wonder | acl:relcl |
| 16 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 fired | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 wonder | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 day | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overhear | participle | day | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | fire in a quote | past | they | him = he | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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: What happened?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 happened | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He lost his job because of what he did
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 job | nmod:poss |
| 4 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lost | obj |
| 5 | because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 7 what | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 because | fixed |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 lost | obl |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 did | nsubj |
| 9 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 what | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | He | his job | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | do | past | he | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | job | his = he | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
He was made redundant and given a payment
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 made | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 made | aux:pass |
| 3 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | redundant | redundant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 made | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 given | cc |
| 6 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 made | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 payment | det |
| 8 | payment | payment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 given | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past · passive | He | redundant property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | ||||
| 2 | give | participle | a payment | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent payment=Theme |
Option 3
He went on strike with his workmates for a month
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 strike | case |
| 4 | strike | strike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 workmates | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 workmates | nmod:poss |
| 7 | workmates | workmate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 went | obl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 month | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 month | det |
| 10 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | He | strike | month | with his workmates | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with workmate=Beneficiary |
Option 4
His job was cut to save money and he did nothing wrong
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 job | nmod:poss |
| 2 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cut | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 cut | aux:pass |
| 4 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 save | mark |
| 6 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 cut | advcl |
| 7 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 save | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 did | cc |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 did | nsubj |
| 10 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 cut | conj |
| 11 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 did | obj |
| 12 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 nothing | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | past · passive | His job | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | |||||
| 2 | save | to-infinitive | money | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | |||||
| 3 | do | past | he | nothing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | job | His = he | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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