Test 9 · ★ · Unemployment: when jobs are lost
In a cartoon, the town's only factory closes and the next day everyone has a new job. What's unrealistic?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: town, everyone · What happens: be, have · To what, where: cartoon, new job
This is test 9 · ★ 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: In a cartoon, the town's only factory closes and the next day everyone has a new job.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 closes | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 town | det |
| 6 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 closes | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 closes | cop |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 factory | advmod |
| 9 | factory | factory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 closes | nsubj |
| 10 | closes | close | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 has | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 day | det |
| 13 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 day | amod |
| 14 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 has | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 16 has | nsubj |
| 16 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 closes | conj |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 job | det |
| 18 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 job | amod |
| 19 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 has | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 10 closes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the town | a cartoon | close property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | have | present | everyone | a new job | day | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient |
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 unrealistic?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 unrealistic | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 unrealistic | cop |
| 3 | unrealistic | unrealistic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 unrealistic | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | unrealistic property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
People who live in towns never really need jobs to live
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 need | nsubj |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 live | nsubj |
| 3 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 People | acl:relcl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 towns | case |
| 5 | towns | town | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 live | obl |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 live | advmod |
| 7 | really | really | ADV | _ | 8 need | advmod |
| 8 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 need | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 live | mark |
| 11 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 need | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not live | present | People | towns | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=Location | ||||
| 2 | need | present | People | jobs | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | live not said to happen | to-infinitive | jobs not said here | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Finding work can take a long time and is often hard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finding | find | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 take | csubj |
| 2 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Finding | obj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 take | aux |
| 4 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 time | det |
| 6 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 time | amod |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 take | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 hard | cc |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 hard | cop |
| 10 | often | often | ADV | _ | 11 hard | advmod |
| 11 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 take | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | gerund | work | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Topic | |||||
| 2 | take | can | Finding | time | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is | present | Finding not said here | hard, often property | tree rules |
Option 3
Nothing, new jobs always appear by the very next day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 appear | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 jobs | punct |
| 3 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 jobs | amod |
| 4 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 appear | advmod |
| 6 | appear | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 day | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 day | det |
| 9 | very | very | ADV | _ | 10 next | advmod |
| 10 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 day | amod |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 appear | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | present | Nothing | day | always property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Factories never close down in real life, only in stories
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Factories | factory | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 close | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 close | advmod |
| 3 | close | close | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | down | down | ADP | _ | 3 close | compound:prt |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 life | case |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 life | amod |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 close | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 stories | punct |
| 9 | only | only | ADV | _ | 11 stories | advmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 stories | case |
| 11 | stories | story | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 close | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not close down | present | Factories | in stories; in real life | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent in life=Topic |
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