Kai's friend's dad works at the closing factory. Kai's mate says, "Not our problem, we don't work there." What would really happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, mate, we · What happens: work, say, not work, happen · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 35 «Unemployment: when jobs are lost» 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: Kai's friend's dad works at the closing factory.
vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at factory=Theme
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: Kai's mate says, "Not our problem, we don't work there."
vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2
notworkin a quote
present · do-support
we
there
vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What would really happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
What
what
PRON
PronType=Int
4 happen
nsubj
2
would
would
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
4 happen
aux
3
really
really
ADV
_
4 happen
advmod
4
happen
happen
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
root
root
5
?
?
PUNCT
_
4 happen
punct
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
happen
would
vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The town would get richer without the factory
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
The
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
2 town
det
2
town
town
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 get
nsubj
3
would
would
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
4 get
aux
4
get
get
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
root
root
5
richer
rich
ADJ
Degree=Cmp
4 get
xcomp
6
without
without
ADP
_
8 factory
case
7
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
8 factory
det
8
factory
factory
NOUN
Number=Sing
4 get
obl
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
get
would
the town
without the factory; rich property
vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
Option 2
Nothing would change for anyone else in town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Nothing
nothing
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Neg
3 change
nsubj
2
would
would
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
3 change
aux
3
change
change
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
root
root
4
for
for
ADP
_
5 anyone
case
5
anyone
anyone
PRON
Number=Sing PronType=Ind
3 change
obl
6
else
else
ADV
_
5 anyone
advmod
7
in
in
ADP
_
8 town
case
8
town
town
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 change
obl
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
change
would
Nothing
town
for anyone
vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 3
All the shops in town would get the factory's money instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
All
all
DET
PronType=Tot
3 shops
det:predet
2
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
3 shops
det
3
shops
shop
NOUN
Number=Plur
7 get
nsubj
4
in
in
ADP
_
5 town
case
5
town
town
NOUN
Number=Sing
3 shops
nmod
6
would
would
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
7 get
aux
7
get
get
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
root
root
8
the
the
DET
Definite=Def PronType=Art
9 factory
det
9
factory
factory
NOUN
Number=Sing
11 money
nmod:poss
10
's
's
PART
_
9 factory
case
11
money
money
NOUN
Number=Sing
7 get
obj
12
instead
instead
ADV
_
7 get
advmod
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
get
would
all shops in town
the factory's money
instead property
vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Less spending in town could hurt shops and other jobs too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#
word
lemma
UPOS
features
head
relation
1
Less
less
ADV
Degree=Cmp
2 spending
advmod
2
spending
spending
NOUN
Number=Sing
6 hurt
nsubj
3
in
in
ADP
_
4 town
case
4
town
town
NOUN
Number=Sing
2 spending
nmod
5
could
could
AUX
VerbForm=Fin
6 hurt
aux
6
hurt
hurt
VERB
VerbForm=Inf
root
root
7
shops
shop
NOUN
Number=Plur
6 hurt
obj
8
and
and
CCONJ
_
10 jobs
cc
9
other
other
ADJ
Degree=Pos
10 jobs
amod
10
jobs
job
NOUN
Number=Plur
7 shops
conj
11
too
too
ADV
_
6 hurt
advmod
#
verb
tense, mood
who
what, whom
to whom
where
when
other
roles by
1
hurt
could
spending in town
shops and other jobs
vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shop=Patient
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