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title: Overheard: "Fifty applications. Fifty. Two replies, both no." What s… — Finding a job and getting on · tree and pragmatics
description: Overheard: "Fifty applications. Fifty. Two replies, both no." What should you think? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 3 «Finding a job and getting on» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Finding a job and getting on

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Overheard: "Fifty applications. Fifty. Two replies, both no." What should you think?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** overhear, think · **To what, where:** Fifty applications, no.

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 3 «Finding a job and getting on» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Overheard: "Fifty applications.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t1:1
# text = Overheard: "Fifty applications.
1	Overheard	overhear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	applications	application	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overhear** | participle |  | Fifty applications |  |  |  |  | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Fifty.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t1:2
# text = Fifty.
1	Fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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*Sentence 3:* Two replies, both no." What should you think?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t1:3
# text = Two replies, both no." What should you think?
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	replies	reply	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	no.	no.	NOUN	NN	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	_
7	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	10	obj	_	_
8	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **think** *speech: other* *in a quote* | should | you | both no. |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The firms are all closing down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t1:o1:1
# text = The firms are all closing down
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	firms	firm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	all	all	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	closing	close	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	down	down	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close down** | present · progressive | the firms |  |  |  |  | all *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She must be applying for jobs in the wrong country by mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t1:o2:1
# text = She must be applying for jobs in the wrong country by mistake
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	applying	apply	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | must · progressive | She |  |  | the wrong country |  | for jobs; by mistake | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for job=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She is not trying hard enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t1:o3:1
# text = She is not trying hard enough
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	trying	try	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	4	advmod	_	_
6	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **try** | present · progressive | She |  |  |  |  | enough, hard *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Hearing "no" many times is normal, keep encouraging her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t1:o4:1
# text = Hearing "no" many times is normal, keep encouraging her
1	Hearing	hearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	no	no	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	times	time	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	normal	normal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
11	encouraging	encourage	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | no many times |  |  |  |  | normal *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **encourage** | gerund |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

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**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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