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title: Identify the principal purpose of membership of a trade union. — When work goes wrong · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal purpose of membership of a trade union. Exam question 2 of lesson 4 «When work goes wrong» 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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# Exam question 2 · When work goes wrong

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Identify the principal purpose of membership of a trade union.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, membership · **What happens:** identify, purpose · **To what, where:** principal purpose

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 4 «When work goes wrong» 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/4-when-work-goes-wrong/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose of membership of a trade union.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	membership	membership	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	trade	trade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	union	union	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal purpose of membership of a trade union |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **purpose** |  | membership of a trade union |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To provide members with wages in place of those paid by their employer each month

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:e2:o1:1
# text = To provide members with wages in place of those paid by their employer each month
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	provide	provide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	wages	wage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	those	that	PRON	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	7	nmod	_	_
10	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	employer	employer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:agent	_	_
14	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
15	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **provide** | to-infinitive |  | members |  | place of those |  | with wages | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent member=Recipient with wage=Theme |
| 2 | **pay** | participle |  |  |  |  | month |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To enable employers to recruit staff at reduced cost

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:e2:o2:1
# text = To enable employers to recruit staff at reduced cost
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	enable	enable	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	employers	employer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	recruit	recruit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enable** | to-infinitive |  | employers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **recruit** | to-infinitive | employers *not said here* | staff |  | reduced cost |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent staff=Theme |
| 3 | **reduce** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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To enable workers to negotiate collectively with employers on pay and conditions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:e2:o3:1
# text = To enable workers to negotiate collectively with employers on pay and conditions
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	enable	enable	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	negotiate	negotiate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
6	collectively	collectively	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	employers	employer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	and	and	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 | **enable** | to-infinitive |  | workers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **negotiate** | to-infinitive | workers *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with employers; on pay and conditions; collectively *property* | vn correspond-36.1 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme whether S»: agent=Agent with employer=Co-Agent on pay=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
To exempt members from the obligation to attend work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:e2:o4:1
# text = To exempt members from the obligation to attend work
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
2	exempt	exempt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	members	member	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	obligation	obligation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	attend	attend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl	_	_
9	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attend** | to-infinitive |  | work |  |  |  |  | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme work=Goal |

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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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