--- title: Upon what grounds did the master terminate Tom Tiver's employment? — Yallery Brown, Yallery Brown, part 6:… · tree and pragmatics description: Upon what grounds did the master terminate Tom Tiver's employment? Exam question 3 of lesson 239 «Yallery Brown, Yallery Brown, part 6: Tom's helper ruins his work and he gets the sack» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/239-pg14241-part6/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Yallery Brown, Yallery Brown, part 6:…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/239-pg14241-part6/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Yallery Brown, Yallery Brown, part 6: Tom's helper ruins h… Upon what grounds did the master terminate Tom Tiver's employment? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** master, Tom · **What happens:** ground, terminate, employ · **To what, where:** employment This is exam question 3 of lesson 239 «Yallery Brown, Yallery Brown, part 6: Tom's helper ruins his work and he gets the sack» of the books 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/books/239-pg14241-part6/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:239-pg14241-part6:e3:1 # text = Upon what grounds did the master terminate Tom Tiver's employment? 1 Upon upon SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 3 grounds ground VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ 4 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 terminate terminate VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 Tom Tom PROPN NNP Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ _ 9 Tiver Tiver PROPN NNP Number=Sing 8 flat _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 8 case _ _ 11 employment employment NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ground** | present | | | | | | | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **terminate** | past · do-support | the master | Tom's employment | | | | | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent employment=Theme | | 3 | **employ** | | Tom | | | | | | nom employment «state transitive»: poss=agent | 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} the complaints of all the other lads and the master's own doubts ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:239-pg14241-part6:e3:o1:1 # text = the complaints of all the other lads and the master's own doubts 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 complaints complaint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 4 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 7 det:predet _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 13 cc _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 master master NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 11 's 's PART POS _ 10 case _ _ 12 own own ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 13 doubts doubt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **complain** | | all other lads and the master's own doubts | | | | | | nom complaint «state intransitive»: of=agent | | 2 | **doubt** | | the master | | | | | | nom doubt «cognition transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} the complaints of the other lads about his strange work ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:239-pg14241-part6:e3:o2:1 # text = the complaints of the other lads about his strange work 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 complaints complaint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ 7 about about ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 9 strange strange ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **complain** | | the other lads about his strange work | | | | | | nom complaint «state intransitive»: of=agent | | 2 | **work** | | his *= he* | | | | | | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} the complaints of the other lads ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:239-pg14241-part6:e3:o3:1 # text = the complaints of the other lads 1 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 complaints complaint NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 lads lad NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **complain** | | the other lads | | | | | | nom complaint «state intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} he broke his tools ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:239-pg14241-part6:e3:o4:1 # text = he broke his tools 1 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 tools tool NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | he | his tools | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tool=Patient | **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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