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title: It is given that employees have voted lawfully to strike. Ascertain… — When work goes wrong · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that employees have voted lawfully to strike. Ascertain which statement is correct. Exam question 3 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 3 · When work goes wrong

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It is given that employees have voted lawfully to strike. Ascertain which statement is correct.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, statement · **What happens:** give, vote, strike, ascertain, be · **To what, where:** It, employees

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that employees have voted lawfully to strike.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:e3:1
# text = It is given that employees have voted lawfully to strike.
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	_	7	mark	_	_
5	employees	employee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	voted	vote	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
8	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	strike	strike	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 | **vote** | present · perfect · passive |  | employees |  |  |  | lawfully *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **strike** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Ascertain which statement is correct.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:e3:2
# text = Ascertain which statement is correct.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	3	det	_	_
3	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | which statement |  |  |  |  | correct *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The employees are thereby made redundant

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:e3:o1:1
# text = The employees are thereby made redundant
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	employees	employee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	redundant	redundant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | the employees |  |  |  | redundant, thereby *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The employees continue to receive their full pay from the employer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:e3:o2:1
# text = The employees continue to receive their full pay from the employer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	employees	employee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	continue	continue	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	receive	receive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	employer	employer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **continue** | present | the employees |  |  |  |  |  | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **receive** | to-infinitive | the employees *not said here* | employees's full pay |  | the employer |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent pay=Theme from employer=Source |
| 3 | **pay** |  | employees *= employee* |  |  |  |  |  | nom pay «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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

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The employees receive no pay for the duration of the strike

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:e3:o3:1
# text = The employees receive no pay for the duration of the strike
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	employees	employee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	receive	receive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	duration	duration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	strike	strike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **receive** | present | the employees | no pay |  |  |  | for the duration of the strike | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pay=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The strike is unlawful notwithstanding the vote

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:e3:o4:1
# text = The strike is unlawful notwithstanding the vote
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	strike	strike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	notwithstanding	notwithstand	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	vote	vote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the strike |  |  |  |  | unlawful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **notwithstand** | gerund | the strike *not said here* | the vote |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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