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Test 4 · ★★ · When work goes wrong

Nan, whispering: "He's between jobs, so don't go asking him about work at the party." What does she mean?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Nan, she · What happens: whisper, be, not go, ask, mean · To what, where: Nan, party · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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: Nan, whispering: "He's between jobs, so don't go asking him about work at the party."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 whispering	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 whispering	punct
3	whispering	whisper	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 jobs	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 jobs	punct
6	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 jobs	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 jobs	cop
8	between	between	ADP	_	9 jobs	case
9	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 whispering	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 go	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	14 go	advmod
12	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	14 go	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 go	advmod
14	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 whispering	parataxis
15	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 go	xcomp
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 asking	obj
17	about	about	ADP	_	18 work	case
18	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 asking	obl
19	at	at	ADP	_	21 party	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 party	det
21	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 asking	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 go	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 whispering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	gerund	Nan						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	Nan					between jobs	tree rules
3	not go in a quote	infinitive · do-support							vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	ask speech: ask in a quote	gerund			Nan	the party		about work	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about work=Topic

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 does she mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	she						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

He has two jobs and is very busy

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 has	nsubj
2	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 jobs	nummod
4	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 has	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 busy	cc
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 busy	cop
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 busy	advmod
8	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 has	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	He	two jobs					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient
2	is	present	He not said here					busy property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He is a famous person who won't talk

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	5 person	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 person	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 person	det
4	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 person	amod
5	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 talk	nsubj
7	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 talk	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 talk	advmod
9	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 person	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	He	a famous person					tree rules
2	not talk	future	a famous person						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He is moving from one office to another across town

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 moving	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 moving	aux
3	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 office	case
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 office	nummod
6	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moving	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 another	case
8	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	3 moving	obl
9	across	across	ADP	_	10 town	case
10	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present · progressive	He			one office		to another; across town	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme from office=Source to another=Trajectory across town=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He is out of work and might feel sensitive about it

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	5 work	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 work	cop
3	out	out	ADP	_	5 work	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 work	case
5	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 feel	cc
7	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 feel	aux
8	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 work	conj
9	sensitive	sensitive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feel	xcomp
10	about	about	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sensitive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He			work			tree rules
2	feel	might	He not said here					sensitive property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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