Exam question 4 · Unemployment: when jobs are lost

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the debate upon assistance to persons without employment.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, debate

This is exam question 4 of lesson 35 «Unemployment: when jobs are lost» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 debate	det
11	debate	debate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 assistance	case
13	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 debate	nmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 persons	case
15	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 assistance	nmod
16	without	without	ADP	_	17 employment	case
17	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 persons	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the debate	upon assistance to persons without employment	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus debate=Experiencer

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 right answer

Both parties wish such persons to be well, but differ as to the means

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 parties	det
2	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wish	nsubj
3	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 persons	amod
5	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 wish	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 be	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 persons	acl
8	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 be	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 differ	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 differ	cc
11	differ	differ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wish	conj
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 means	mark
13	to	to	ADP	_	12 as	fixed
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 means	nsubj
15	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 differ	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wish	present	both parties	such persons	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot person=Theme
2	differ	present	both parties not said here		vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	mean	present	the		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

The matter is not the subject of any disagreement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 matter	det
2	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 subject	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 subject	cop
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 subject	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 subject	det
6	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 disagreement	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 disagreement	det
9	disagreement	disagreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 subject	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is a	present	the matter	the subject				of any disagreement	tree rules

Option 3

Neither party advances any reason for its position

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	2 party	det
2	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 advances	nsubj
3	advances	advance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 reason	det
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 advances	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 position	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 position	nmod:poss
8	position	position	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reason	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	advance	present	neither party	any reason				for party's position goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent reason=Theme for position=Goal

Option 4

One party wishes such persons to suffer hardship as a form of punishment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 wishes	nummod
2	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wishes	compound
3	wishes	wish	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 persons	nsubj
4	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 persons	amod
5	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 suffer	mark
7	suffer	suffer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 persons	acl
8	hardship	hardship	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suffer	obj
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 form	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 form	det
11	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 suffer	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 punishment	case
13	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 form	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	suffer	to-infinitive		hardship				as a form of punishment	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hardship=Stimulus
2	form			punishment					nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

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