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title: Mum: "Promoted, yeah, but now I'm managing Sue, and we were mates."… — Finding a job and getting on · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum: "Promoted, yeah, but now I'm managing Sue, and we were mates." Why is that hard? Test 7 · ★ 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 7 · ★ · Finding a job and getting on

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Mum: "Promoted, yeah, but now I'm managing Sue, and we were mates." Why is that hard?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mum, I, we · **What happens:** promote, manage, be · **To what, where:** Sue, mates

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum: "Promoted, yeah, but now I'm managing Sue, and we were mates."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t7:1
# text = Mum: "Promoted, yeah, but now I'm managing Sue, and we were mates."
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Promoted	promote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
10	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	managing	manage	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
13	Sue	Sue	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promote** *in a quote* | participle | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn promote-102 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **manage** *in a quote* | present · progressive | I | Sue |  |  | now |  | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sue=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past | we | mates |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Why is that hard?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t7:2
# text = Why is that hard?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sue has been sacked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t7:o1:1
# text = Sue has been sacked
1	Sue	Sue	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	sacked	sack	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sack** | present · perfect · passive |  | Sue |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She is now in charge of someone who used to be her equal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t7:o2:1
# text = She is now in charge of someone who used to be her equal
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nmod	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	used	use	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	cop	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | She |  |  | charge | now | of someone | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | equal *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She has been moved to a smaller job with a lot less pay than before

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t7:o3:1
# text = She has been moved to a smaller job with a lot less pay than before
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	amod	_	_
8	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
14	than	than	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	before	before	ADV	RB	_	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | present · perfect · passive |  | She |  | a smaller job with a lot |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme to job=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sue was promoted above her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:t7:o4:1
# text = Sue was promoted above her
1	Sue	Sue	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	promoted	promote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	above	above	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **promote** | past · passive |  | Sue |  |  |  | above her *= she* | vn promote-102 «NP V NP»: subject=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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