--- title: Overheard: "Don't burn your bridges, you'll need a reference." What… — Finding a job and getting on · tree and pragmatics description: Overheard: "Don't burn your bridges, you'll need a reference." What does the advice mean? Test 5 · ★ 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/t5/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Finding a job and getting on](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★ · Finding a job and getting on Overheard: "Don't burn your bridges, you'll need a reference." What does the advice mean? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, advice · **What happens:** overhear, not burn, need, mean · **To what, where:** bridges, reference This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Overheard: "Don't burn your bridges, you'll need a reference." ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t5:1 # text = Overheard: "Don't burn your bridges, you'll need a reference." 1 Overheard overhear VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 12 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 burn burn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 bridges bridge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 reference reference NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 12 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 " " PUNCT '' _ 12 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **overhear** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **not** **burn** *in a quote* | infinitive · do-support | you *not said here* | your bridges | | | | | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bridge=Theme | | 3 | **need** *in a quote* | future | you | a reference | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot reference=Theme | 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 the advice mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t5:2 # text = What does the advice mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | the advice | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Never cross a bridge on the way to work ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t5:o1:1 # text = Never cross a bridge on the way to work 1 Never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 2 advmod _ _ 2 cross cross VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bridge bridge NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 work work VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 acl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **cross** | imperative | you *not said here* | a bridge | | the way | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridge=Patient | | 2 | **work** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Leave politely, a future employer may ask your old boss about you ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t5:o2:1 # text = Leave politely, a future employer may ask your old boss about you 1 Leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 politely politely ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 employer employer NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ 9 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 10 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 boss boss NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 12 about about ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | politely *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | may | a future employer | your old boss | | | | about you | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP PP.topic»: agent=Agent boss=Recipient about you=Topic | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Keep your old job as well as the new one, just in case it goes wrong ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t5:o3:1 # text = Keep your old job as well as the new one, just in case it goes wrong 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 job job NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 as as ADV RB ExtPos=ADV 1 advmod _ _ 6 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 5 fixed _ _ 7 as as ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 16 punct _ _ 12 just just ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 13 in in SCONJ IN ExtPos=SCONJ 16 mark _ _ 14 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 fixed _ _ 15 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 16 nsubj _ _ 16 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 17 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 16 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | your old job | | | | as the new one | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Theme | | 2 | **go** | present | job | | | | | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **job** | | your | | | | | | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Don't argue with people who live nearby ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t5:o4:1 # text = Don't argue with people who live nearby 1 Do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 2 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 argue argue VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 live live VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 nearby nearby ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **argue** *speech: disagree* | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | | | | | with people | vn chit\_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with people=Co-Agent | | 2 | **live** | present | people | | | | | nearby *property* | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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