Test 6 · ★ · Unemployment: when jobs are lost

What would happen to unemployment if the economy went into a long recession?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: economy · What happens: happen, go · To what, where: long recession

This is test 6 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 unemployment	case
5	unemployment	unemployment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happen	obl
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 went	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 economy	det
8	economy	economy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	nsubj
9	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	advcl
10	into	into	ADP	_	13 recession	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 recession	det
12	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 recession	amod
13	recession	recession	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 went	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	would						to unemployment	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go a condition, not said to happen	past	the economy			a long recession			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into recession=Initial_Location

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 · ✓ the right answer

It would probably go up, as firms sell less and cut jobs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 go	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	4 go	advmod
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 go	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sell	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 sell	mark
8	firms	firm	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sell	nsubj
9	sell	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 go	conj
10	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 sell	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 jobs	cc
12	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 jobs	amod
13	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 less	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	go up	would	It	probably property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	sell	present	firms	less property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
3	cut	participle			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Everyone would get a pay rise to cheer them up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 get	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rise	det
5	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rise	compound
6	rise	rise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 cheer	mark
8	cheer	cheer	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 get	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cheer	obj
10	up	up	ADP	_	8 cheer	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	would	Everyone	a pay rise					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rise=Stimulus
2	cheer up	to-infinitive	Everyone not said here	them = they					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3

Nothing, recessions don't affect jobs at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 recessions	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	recessions	recession	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 affect	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 affect	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 affect	advmod
6	affect	affect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 affect	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 affect	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not affect	present · do-support	Nothing recessions	jobs		all			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus job=Experiencer

Option 4

It would fall to zero, as everyone rushes to find work to do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fall	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 fall	aux
3	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 zero	case
5	zero	zero	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 fall	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 rushes	punct
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 rushes	mark
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 rushes	nsubj
9	rushes	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fall	advcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 find	mark
11	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 rushes	xcomp
12	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 find	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 do	mark
14	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 find	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fall	would	It		to zero	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to zero=Theme
2	rush	present	everyone			vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result
3	find	to-infinitive	everyone not said here	work		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent work=Attribute clause=Theme
4	do	to-infinitive	work not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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