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Test 5 · ★★ · Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more

"Minimum wage up in April, chur!" says Mia's sister in Auckland (chur = thanks, great). What might the café owner do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Minimum, sister, café owner · What happens: wage up, say, do · To what, where: Auckland · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: "Minimum wage up in April, chur!" says Mia's sister in Auckland (chur = thanks, great).

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 wage	punct
2	Minimum	minimum	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wage	nsubj
3	wage	wage	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 says	ccomp
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 wage	compound:prt
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 April	case
6	April	April	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 wage	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 chur	punct
8	chur	chur	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 April	conj
9	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 wage	punct
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	3 wage	punct
11	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	Mia	Mia	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 sister	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Mia	case
14	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 says	nsubj
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 Auckland	case
16	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 says	obl
17	(	(	PUNCT	_	18 chur	punct
18	chur	chur	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 Auckland	appos
19	=	=	SYM	_	20 thanks	punct
20	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 chur	discourse
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 great	punct
22	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 thanks	amod
23	)	)	PUNCT	_	18 chur	punct
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wage up in a quote	present	Minimum				april		tree rules
2	say speech: express	present	Mia's sister			Auckland			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic

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 might the café owner do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 do	obj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 owner	det
4	café	café	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 owner	compound
5	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	might	the café owner						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Lower all his prices so more customers come in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lower	low	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 come	advmod
2	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 prices	det:predet
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 prices	nmod:poss
4	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Lower	conj
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 come	advmod
6	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 customers	amod
7	customers	customer	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 come	nsubj
8	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	in	in	ADV	_	8 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in	present	more customers					low property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Close the café forever, because the law now says so

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Close	close	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 café	det
3	café	café	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Close	obj
4	forever	forever	ADV	_	1 Close	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 says	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 law	det
8	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 says	nsubj
9	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 law	advmod
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Close	conj
11	so	so	ADV	_	10 says	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	imperative	you not said here	the café				forever property	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent café=Patient
2	say speech: assert	present	the law						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Pay her less than the law allows and hope nobody notices

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pay	pay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Pay	obj
3	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Pay	obj
4	than	than	SCONJ	_	7 allows	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 law	det
6	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 allows	nsubj
7	allows	allow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 less	advcl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 hope	cc
9	hope	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Pay	conj
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 notices	nsubj
11	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 hope	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	imperative	you not said here		her = she				vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient less=Asset
2	allow	present	the law						vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer
3	hope	present	you not said here						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	notice	present	nobody						vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Raise the price of a sandwich or hire fewer people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Raise	raise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 price	det
3	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Raise	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 sandwich	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sandwich	det
6	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 price	nmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 hire	cc
8	hire	hire	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Raise	conj
9	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 people	amod
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hire	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	raise	imperative	you not said here	the price of a sandwich					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Theme
2	hire	present	you not said here	fewer people					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme

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