Test 4 · ★★ · Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more

A dad who works at a car parts factory says tariffs will bring jobs back; the neighbour says they will make everything cost more. Which is best?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, tariffs, neighbour, everything · What happens: work, say, bring back, make, cost, be · To what, where: jobs, everything, more · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more» of the politics 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 dad who works at a car parts factory says tariffs will bring jobs back; the neighbour says they will make everything cost more.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dad	det
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	nsubj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 works	nsubj
4	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 dad	acl:relcl
5	at	at	ADP	_	9 factory	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 factory	det
7	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 parts	compound
8	parts	part	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 factory	compound
9	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 works	obl
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	tariffs	tariff	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 bring	nsubj
12	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 bring	aux
13	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 says	ccomp
14	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 bring	obj
15	back	back	ADV	_	13 bring	advmod
16	;	;	PUNCT	_	19 says	punct
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 neighbour	det
18	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 says	nsubj
19	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 says	conj
20	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 make	nsubj
21	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 make	aux
22	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 says	ccomp
23	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	22 make	obj
24	cost	cost	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 make	xcomp
25	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	24 cost	obj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	work	present	a dad		at a parts factory	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at factory=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	a dad			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	bring back	future	tariffs	jobs		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent job=Theme
4	say speech: assert	present	the neighbour			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	make	future	tariffs = tariff	everything		tree rules
6	cost	infinitive	everything not said here	more		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value

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: Which is best?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 best	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 best	cop
3	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 best	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						good property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

Only the dad can be right, because he works in a factory and knows best

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 dad	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dad	det
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 right	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 right	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 right	cop
6	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 works	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 works	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 works	nsubj
10	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 right	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 factory	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 factory	det
13	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 works	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 knows	cc
15	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 right	conj
16	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	15 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	can	the dad		right property	tree rules
2	work	present	he		in a factory	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in factory=Theme
3	know	present	the dad not said here	best		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus

Option 2

Only the neighbour can be right, because tariffs never save a single job

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 neighbour	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 neighbour	det
3	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 right	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 right	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 right	cop
6	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 save	punct
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 save	mark
9	tariffs	tariff	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 save	nsubj
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 save	advmod
11	save	save	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 right	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 job	det
13	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 job	amod
14	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 save	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	can	the neighbour					right property	tree rules
2	not save	present	tariffs	a single job					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Both can be partly true: a tax at the border can help some people and cost others

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	5 true	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 true	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 true	cop
4	partly	partly	ADV	_	5 true	advmod
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	13 help	punct
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tax	det
8	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 help	nsubj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 border	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 border	det
11	border	border	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tax	nmod
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 help	aux
13	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 true	parataxis
14	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	15 people	det
15	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 help	obj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 cost	cc
17	cost	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 help	conj
18	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 cost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	can	Both			partly, true property	tree rules
2	help	can	a tax at the border		some people		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary
3	cost	present	a tax at the border not said here	others			vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme other=Value

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Neither is right, because tariffs have no effects on jobs or prices at all

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Neither	neither	DET	PronType=Neg	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 have	mark
6	tariffs	tariff	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	nsubj
7	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 effects	det
9	effects	effect	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 have	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 jobs	case
11	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 effects	nmod
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 prices	cc
13	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 effects	conj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 all	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 right	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Neither			all		right property	tree rules
2	have	present	tariffs	no effects or prices		jobs			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient

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