Test 5 · ★ · Unemployment: when jobs are lost

Ben's cousin from Leeds says, "Jobs, it depends where you live, innit, our town's dead quiet." What does this mean?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, it, you, this · What happens: say, depend, live, mean · To what, where: Jobs, dead quiet · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ 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: Ben's cousin from Leeds says, "Jobs, it depends where you live, innit, our town's dead quiet."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cousin	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Ben	case
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 says	nsubj
4	from	from	ADP	_	5 Leeds	case
5	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cousin	nmod
6	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 Jobs	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 Jobs	punct
9	Jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 says	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 depends	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 depends	nsubj
12	depends	depend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 says	ccomp
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	15 live	advmod
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 live	nsubj
15	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 depends	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 innit	punct
17	innit	innit	INTJ	_	12 depends	discourse
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	23 quiet	punct
19	our	our	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 town	nmod:poss
20	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 quiet	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 town	case
22	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 quiet	amod
23	quiet	quiet	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 depends	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	23 quiet	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 quiet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ben's cousin from Leeds	Jobs	tree rules
2	depend in a quote	present	it	our town's dead quiet	tree rules
3	live in a quote	present	you		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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: What does this mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	this						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Quiet towns are not allowed by the law to have any jobs at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 towns	amod
2	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 allowed	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 allowed	aux:pass
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 allowed	advmod
5	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 law	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 law	det
8	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 allowed	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 have	mark
10	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 allowed	xcomp
11	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	12 jobs	det
12	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 have	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 all	case
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive	the law	Quiet towns					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	have not said to happen	to-infinitive	Quiet towns not said here	any jobs		all			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Some areas have lots of work and others very little

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 areas	det
2	areas	area	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
3	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 work	case
6	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lots	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 others	cc
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lots	conj
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 little	advmod
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 have	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	some areas	lots of work and others					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient

Option 3

Every town has exactly the same number of jobs as the next one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 town	det
2	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	nsubj
3	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	7 number	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 number	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 number	amod
7	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 jobs	case
9	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 number	nmod
10	as	as	ADP	_	13 one	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 one	det
12	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 one	amod
13	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 has	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	every town	the same number of jobs				as the next one	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient

Option 4

Jobs are moved around between towns each week by law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 moved	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 moved	aux:pass
3	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	around	around	ADV	_	3 moved	advmod
5	between	between	ADP	_	6 towns	case
6	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 moved	obl
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 week	det
8	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	obl:unmarked
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 law	case
10	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move around	present · passive	law	Jobs			week	between towns; around property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

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