Exam question 4 · Why some jobs pay more

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning equal pay in the United Kingdom.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, equal pay, United Kingdom

This is exam question 4 of lesson 30 «Why some jobs pay more» 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	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pay	amod
11	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 Kingdom	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 Kingdom	det
14	United	United	PROPN	_	15 Kingdom	flat
15	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 pay	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	equal pay	the United Kingdom		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pay=Experiencer

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

The law requires that all employees receive identical remuneration

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	nsubj
3	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 receive	mark
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 employees	det
6	employees	employee	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 receive	nsubj
7	receive	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 requires	ccomp
8	identical	identical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 remuneration	amod
9	remuneration	remuneration	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 receive	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	the law						vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
2	receive	present	all employees	identical remuneration					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remuneration=Theme

Option 2

The law permits employers to remunerate men more highly than women

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permits	nsubj
3	permits	permit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	employers	employer	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 permits	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 remunerate	mark
6	remunerate	remunerate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 permits	xcomp
7	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 remunerate	obj
8	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 highly	advmod
9	highly	highly	ADV	_	6 remunerate	advmod
10	than	than	ADP	_	11 women	case
11	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 highly	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	present	the law	employers					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer employer=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	remunerate not said to happen	to-infinitive	the law not said here		men			highly property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The law requires that men and women receive equal pay for equal work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 requires	nsubj
3	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 receive	mark
5	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 receive	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 women	cc
7	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 men	conj
8	receive	receive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 requires	advcl
9	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pay	amod
10	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 receive	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 work	case
12	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 work	amod
13	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 receive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	the law						vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	receive	present	men and women	equal pay				for equal work	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pay=Theme

Option 4

The law makes no provision whatsoever in respect of pay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 law	det
2	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 provision	det
5	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obj
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 makes	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 respect	case
8	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 pay	case
10	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	the law	no provision		respect of pay		whatsoever property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset provision=Product
2	respect			pay					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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