Exam question 4 · Jobs and what people earn

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the earnings of persons who publish videos online.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, persons · What happens: select, establish, concern, publish · To what, where: response, earnings, videos

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 earnings	det
11	earnings	earning	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 persons	case
13	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 earnings	nmod
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 publish	nsubj
15	publish	publish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 persons	acl:relcl
16	videos	video	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 publish	obj
17	online	online	ADV	_	15 publish	advmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the earnings of persons		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus earning=Experiencer
4	publish	present	persons	videos	online property	vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent video=Result

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

All receive an income in excess of one million pounds annually

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	ADV	_	2 receive	advmod
2	receive	receive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 income	det
4	income	income	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 receive	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 excess	case
6	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 receive	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	10 pounds	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 million	compound
9	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 pounds	nummod
10	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 excess	nmod
11	annually	annually	ADV	_	2 receive	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	imperative	you not said here	a income		excess of million pounds		all, annually property	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent income=Theme in excess=Location

Option 2

Their income is determined each year by the government of the day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 income	nmod:poss
2	income	income	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 determined	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 determined	aux:pass
4	determined	determine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 year	det
6	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 determined	obl:unmarked
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 government	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 government	det
9	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 determined	obl:agent
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 day	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 government	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	present · passive	the government of the day	Their income			year		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Topic

Option 3

All receive a salary from the platform on which they publish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	ADV	_	2 receive	advmod
2	receive	receive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 salary	det
4	salary	salary	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 receive	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 platform	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 platform	det
7	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 receive	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 which	case
9	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 publish	obl
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 publish	nsubj
11	publish	publish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 platform	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	imperative	you not said here	a salary		the platform		all property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent salary=Theme from platform=Source
2	publish	present	they			the platform			vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The majority receive little or no income from such activity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 majority	det
2	majority	majority	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receive	nsubj
3	receive	receive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 receive	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 income	cc
6	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 income	discourse
7	income	income	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receive	conj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 activity	case
9	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 activity	amod
10	activity	activity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 receive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	receive	infinitive	the majority	little		such activity			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent little=Theme from activity=Source

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