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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a strike? Exam question 1 of lesson 32 «Bad news, protests and helping others» 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 right.
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# Exam question 1 · Bad news, protests and helping others

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a strike?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** strike

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 32 «Bad news, protests and helping others» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a strike?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	strike	strike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a strike |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A holiday granted to employees by their employer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:e1:o1:1
# text = A holiday granted to employees by their employer
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	granted	grant	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	employees	employee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	employer	employer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grant** | participle |  | a holiday *not said here* |  |  |  | by employees's employer | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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A collective cessation of work in pursuit of improved pay or conditions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:e1:o2:1
# text = A collective cessation of work in pursuit of improved pay or conditions
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	collective	collective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	cessation	cessation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pursuit	pursuit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	improved	improve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	conditions	condition	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **improve** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **cease** |  |  | work in pursuit of improved pay or conditions |  |  |  |  | nom cessation «event transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **pursue** |  |  | improved pay or conditions |  |  |  |  | nom pursuit «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A punishment imposed upon workers by the government for poor performance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:e1:o3:1
# text = A punishment imposed upon workers by the government for poor performance
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	punishment	punishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	poor	poor	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impose** | participle |  | a punishment *not said here* |  |  |  | for poor performance | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An unlawful act in every circumstance whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:32-bad-news-protests-and-helping-others:e1:o4:1
# text = An unlawful act in every circumstance whatsoever
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

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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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