--- title: It is given that an adult is unsuccessful in an application for empl… — Money, work and the big choices · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that an adult is unsuccessful in an application for employment. Determine the conclusion consistent with the established facts. 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Determine the conclusion consistent with the established facts. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** adult, you · **What happens:** give, be, determine, establish · **To what, where:** It, application, conclusion This is exam question 3 of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» 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/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that an adult is unsuccessful in an application for employment. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e3:1 # text = It is given that an adult is unsuccessful in an application for employment. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 unsuccessful unsuccessful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 advcl _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 application application NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 12 for for ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 employment employment NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | a adult | | | a application for employment | | unsuccessful *property* | tree rules | 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:* Determine the conclusion consistent with the established facts. ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e3:2 # text = Determine the conclusion consistent with the established facts. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 conclusion conclusion NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 xcomp _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 facts fact NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conclusion | | | | consistent *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conclusion=Topic | | 2 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The interviewer is obliged to reconsider the decision ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e3:o1:1 # text = The interviewer is obliged to reconsider the decision 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 interviewer interviewer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 obliged oblige VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 reconsider reconsider VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 decision decision NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **oblige** | present · passive | | the interviewer | | | | | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | | 2 | **reconsider** | to-infinitive | | the decision | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} This is commonplace, and further applications may succeed ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e3:o2:1 # text = This is commonplace, and further applications may succeed 1 This this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 3 det _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 commonplace commonplace NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 further further ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 applications application NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 8 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 succeed succeed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | this commonplace and further applications | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **succeed** | may | this commonplace and further applications | | | | | | vn succeed-74-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Interviews are of no consequence in obtaining work ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e3:o3:1 # text = Interviews are of no consequence in obtaining work 1 Interviews interview NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 in in SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 obtaining obtain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 8 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Interviews | | | | | of no consequence | tree rules | | 2 | **obtain** | gerund | no consequence *not said here* | work | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset work=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} The adult is thereby excluded from all future employment ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e3:o4:1 # text = The adult is thereby excluded from all future employment 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 thereby thereby ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 excluded exclude VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 8 future future ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 employment employment NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **exclude** | present · passive | | the adult | | all future employment | | thereby *property* | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary from employment=Eventuality | **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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