Test 12 · ★ · Unemployment: when jobs are lost Leo hears his dad, a Scot, say, "Jobs are easy tae find the noo." ("The noo" means right now.) Last year it was harder. What has likely happened?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Leo, Jobs, noo · What happens: hear, say, be, find, mean, happen · To what, where: dad, noo · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 35 «Unemployment: when jobs are lost» of the money 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: Leo hears his dad, a Scot, say, "Jobs are easy tae find the noo."
nsubj nmod:poss obj punct det appos punct parataxis punct punct nsubj cop ccomp mark csubj det obj punct punct root Leo PROPN hears VERB his PRON dad NOUN , PUNCT a DET Scot PROPN , PUNCT say VERB , PUNCT " PUNCT Jobs NOUN are AUX easy ADJ tae X find VERB the DET noo NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Leo Leo PROPN Number=Sing 2 hears nsubj 2 hears hear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 his his PRON Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 4 dad nmod:poss 4 dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 2 hears obj 5 , , PUNCT _ 7 Scot punct 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 7 Scot det 7 Scot Scot PROPN Number=Sing 4 dad appos 8 , , PUNCT _ 9 say punct 9 say say VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 2 hears parataxis 10 , , PUNCT _ 14 easy punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 14 easy punct 12 Jobs job NOUN Number=Plur 14 easy nsubj 13 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 easy cop 14 easy easy ADJ Degree=Pos 9 say ccomp 15 tae tae X Foreign=Yes 16 find mark 16 find find VERB VerbForm=Inf 14 easy csubj 17 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 18 noo det 18 noo noo NOUN Number=Sing 16 find obj 19 . . PUNCT _ 2 hears punct 20 " " PUNCT _ 2 hears punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hear present Leo Leo's dad vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus 2 say speech: assert infinitive vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent 3 is in a quote present Jobs easy property tree rules 4 find in a quote infinitive the noo vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent noo=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: ("The noo" means right now.)
punct punct det nsubj punct advmod advmod punct punct root ( PUNCT " PUNCT The DET noo NOUN " PUNCT means VERB right ADV now ADV . PUNCT ) PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 ( ( PUNCT _ 6 means punct 2 " " PUNCT _ 4 noo punct 3 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 noo det 4 noo noo NOUN Number=Sing 6 means nsubj 5 " " PUNCT _ 4 noo punct 6 means mean VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 right right ADV _ 8 now advmod 8 now now ADV PronType=Dem 6 means advmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 means punct 10 ) ) PUNCT _ 6 means punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 mean present the noo now vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: Last year it was harder.
amod obl:unmarked nsubj cop punct root Last ADJ year NOUN it PRON was AUX harder ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Last last ADJ Degree=Pos 2 year amod 2 year year NOUN Number=Sing 5 harder obl:unmarked 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 harder nsubj 4 was be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 5 harder cop 5 harder hard ADJ Degree=Cmp root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 harder punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is past noo year hard property tree rules
Sentence 4: What has likely happened?
nsubj aux advmod punct root What PRON has AUX likely ADV happened VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 happened nsubj 2 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 happened aux 3 likely likely ADV _ 4 happened advmod 4 happened happen VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 happened punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 happen present · perfect likely property vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Everybody in Scotland has retired
nsubj:pass case nmod aux root Everybody PRON in ADP Scotland PROPN has AUX retired VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Everybody everybody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 5 retired nsubj:pass 2 in in ADP _ 3 Scotland case 3 Scotland Scotland PROPN Number=Sing 1 Everybody nmod 4 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 retired aux 5 retired retire VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 retire present · perfect · passive Everybody vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer The economy has picked up, and unemployment has fallen
det nsubj:pass aux compound:prt punct cc nsubj aux conj root The DET economy NOUN has AUX picked VERB up ADP , PUNCT and CCONJ unemployment NOUN has AUX fallen VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 economy det 2 economy economy NOUN Number=Sing 4 picked nsubj:pass 3 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 picked aux 4 picked pick VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 up up ADP _ 4 picked compound:prt 6 , , PUNCT _ 10 fallen punct 7 and and CCONJ _ 10 fallen cc 8 unemployment unemployment NOUN Number=Sing 10 fallen nsubj 9 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 fallen aux 10 fallen fall VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part 4 picked conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pick up present · perfect · passive the economy vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic 2 fall present · perfect unemployment vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 A recession has started and jobs are vanishing
det nsubj aux cc nsubj aux conj root A DET recession NOUN has AUX started VERB and CCONJ jobs NOUN are AUX vanishing VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 recession det 2 recession recession NOUN Number=Sing 4 started nsubj 3 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 started aux 4 started start VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part root root 5 and and CCONJ _ 8 vanishing cc 6 jobs job NOUN Number=Plur 8 vanishing nsubj 7 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 vanishing aux 8 vanishing vanish VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 started conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 start present · perfect a recession vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality 2 vanish present · progressive jobs vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 The government has banned job interviews
det nsubj:pass aux compound obj root The DET government NOUN has AUX banned VERB job NOUN interviews NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 government det 2 government government NOUN Number=Sing 4 banned nsubj:pass 3 has have AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 banned aux 4 banned ban VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 job job NOUN Number=Sing 6 interviews compound 6 interviews interview NOUN Number=Plur 4 banned obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ban present · perfect · passive the government tree rules
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