Exam question 2 · Jobs and what people earn

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the minimum wage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: minimum wage

This is exam question 2 of lesson 29 «Jobs and what people earn» of the money 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wage	det
10	minimum	minimum	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 wage	amod
11	wage	wage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	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		the minimum wage				of the following statements; accurately 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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The lowest hourly rate of pay which an employer may lawfully offer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rate	det
2	lowest	low	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 rate	amod
3	hourly	hourly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rate	amod
4	rate	rate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 pay	case
6	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rate	nmod
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 offer	obj
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 employer	det
9	employer	employer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 offer	nsubj
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 offer	aux
11	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	_	12 offer	advmod
12	offer	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 rate	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	may	a employer	the lowest hourly rate of pay				lawfully property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent which=Theme

Option 2

A payment made to persons engaged in domestic chores

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 payment	det
2	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 payment	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 persons	case
5	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	obl
6	engaged	engage	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 persons	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 chores	case
8	domestic	domestic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 chores	amod
9	chores	chore	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 engaged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a payment not said here				to persons	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	engage	participle		persons not said here				in domestic chores goal	vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in chore=Goal

Option 3

The greatest hourly rate of pay which an employer may lawfully offer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rate	det
2	greatest	great	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 rate	amod
3	hourly	hourly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rate	amod
4	rate	rate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 pay	case
6	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rate	nmod
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 offer	obj
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 employer	det
9	employer	employer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 offer	nsubj
10	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 offer	aux
11	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	_	12 offer	advmod
12	offer	offer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 rate	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	may	a employer	the greatest hourly rate of pay				lawfully property	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent which=Theme

Option 4

An award conferred upon the most diligent employee

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 award	det
2	award	award	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	conferred	confer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 award	acl
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 employee	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 employee	det
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 diligent	advmod
7	diligent	diligent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 employee	amod
8	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conferred	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	participle		a award not said here				upon the diligent employee	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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