Test 8 · ★ · Why some jobs pay more

A cartoon shows a doctor and a cleaner on exactly the same pay because "all jobs are equally hard". What's the real reason pay differs?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cartoon, jobs, real reason, pay · What happens: show, be, differ · To what, where: doctor, same pay, real reason · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 30 «Why some jobs pay more» of the money course of Mova's primary school. 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

Sentence 1: A cartoon shows a doctor and a cleaner on exactly the same pay because "all jobs are equally hard".

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cartoon	det
2	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	nsubj
3	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 doctor	det
5	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 cleaner	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cleaner	det
8	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 doctor	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	13 pay	case
10	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	13 pay	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pay	det
12	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 pay	amod
13	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 shows	obl
14	because	because	SCONJ	_	20 hard	mark
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 hard	punct
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 jobs	det
17	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 hard	nsubj
18	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 hard	cop
19	equally	equally	ADV	_	20 hard	advmod
20	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 shows	parataxis
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 hard	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	a cartoon	a doctor and a cleaner		the same pay			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Agent doctor=Recipient clause=Topic
2	is in a quote	present	all jobs					equally, hard 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.

Sentence 2: What's the real reason pay differs?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 differs	nsubj
7	differs	differ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	acl:relcl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the real reason						tree rules
2	differ	present	pay	the real reason not said here					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Training, how many can do the job, and demand differ

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Training	training	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 many	advmod
4	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 do	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 job	det
8	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 differ	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 differ	cc
11	demand	demand	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 differ	nsubj
12	differ	differ	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 do	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	can	Training	the job					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality
2	differ	present	demand						vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Pay depends only on how hard and tiring the job is each day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 depends	nsubj
2	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 hard	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 hard	case
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 hard	advmod
6	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 depends	advcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 day	cc
8	tiring	tire	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 day	csubj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 job	det
10	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tiring	obj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 day	cop
12	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	13 day	det
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hard	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	depend	present	Pay		vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	tire	gerund		the job	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus job=Experiencer
3	is a	present	tiring	each day	tree rules

Option 3

Everyone in real life earns exactly the same amount of pay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 earns	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 life	case
3	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 life	amod
4	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Everyone	nmod
5	earns	earn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	9 amount	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 amount	det
8	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 amount	amod
9	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 earns	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 pay	case
11	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 amount	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	earn	present	Everyone	the same amount of pay					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent amount=Theme
2	amount			pay					nom amount «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Real doctors are actually paid less than most cleaners are

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 doctors	amod
2	doctors	doctor	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 paid	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 paid	aux:pass
4	actually	actually	ADV	_	5 paid	advmod
5	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 paid	obj
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 cleaners	case
8	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 cleaners	amod
9	cleaners	cleaner	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 less	obl
10	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 paid	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	present · passive		Real doctors				actually property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Recipient less=Asset
2	be	present							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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