Exam question 4 · The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss

Identify the principal disadvantage of self-employment as described in this lesson.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, describe · To what, where: principal disadvantage, lesson

This is exam question 4 of lesson 32 «The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss» of the money 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 disadvantage	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 disadvantage	amod
4	disadvantage	disadvantage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 employment	case
6	self	self	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 employment	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 self	punct
8	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disadvantage	nmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 described	mark
10	described	describe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Identify	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 lesson	case
12	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 lesson	det
13	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 described	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal disadvantage of self employment					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent disadvantage=Theme
2	describe	participle	you not said here			this lesson			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The obligation to share all profit with the government

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 obligation	det
2	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 share	nsubj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 share	mark
4	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 profit	det
6	profit	profit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 share	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 government	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 government	det
9	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 share	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	to-infinitive	the obligation	all profit				with the government	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The absence of pay during periods of illness and the bearing of all risk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 absence	det
2	absence	absence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 pay	case
4	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 absence	nmod
5	during	during	ADP	_	6 periods	case
6	periods	period	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 absence	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 illness	case
8	illness	illness	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 periods	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 bearing	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bearing	det
11	bearing	bearing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 illness	conj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 risk	case
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 risk	det
14	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bearing	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	absent			pay			during periods of illness and the bearing of all risk		nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient during=obl

Option 3

The presence of a manager directing every action

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 presence	det
2	presence	presence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 manager	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 manager	det
5	manager	manager	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 presence	nmod
6	directing	direct	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 presence	acl
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 action	det
8	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 directing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	direct	gerund	the presence of a manager not said here	every action					vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent action=Eventuality

Option 4

The prohibition of working on more than three days a week

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 prohibition	det
2	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	SCONJ	_	4 working	mark
4	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 prohibition	acl
5	on	on	ADP	_	9 days	case
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	8 three	advmod
7	than	than	ADP	_	6 more	fixed
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 days	nummod
9	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 working	obl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 week	det
11	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 days	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	gerund	the prohibition not said here				day		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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