Test 6 · ★★ · Immigration and borders
«the hotels cost a fortune, why don't they just get a job lol» What did the charity worker point out?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hotels, charity worker · What happens: cost, not get, point out · To what, where: fortune, job · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Immigration and borders» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 cost | punct |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hotels | det |
| 3 | hotels | hotel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 cost | nsubj |
| 4 | cost | cost | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 fortune | det |
| 6 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cost | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 cost | punct |
| 8 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 get | advmod |
| 9 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 get | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 get | advmod |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 get | nsubj |
| 12 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 get | advmod |
| 13 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cost | advcl |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 job | det |
| 15 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 get | obj |
| 16 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 23 point | discourse |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 lol | punct |
| 18 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 23 point | obj |
| 19 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 23 point | aux |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 22 worker | det |
| 21 | charity | charity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 worker | compound |
| 22 | worker | worker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 23 point | nsubj |
| 23 | point | point | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 cost | parataxis |
| 24 | out | out | ADP | _ | 23 point | compound:prt |
| 25 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 cost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cost in a quote | present | the hotels | a fortune | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not get in a quote | present · do-support | hotels = hotel | a job | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer job=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | point out | past · do-support | the charity worker | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
They are allowed to work but refuse to
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 work | mark |
| 5 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 allowed | xcomp |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 refuse | cc |
| 7 | refuse | refuse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 work | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 refuse | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | They | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | work not said to happen | to-infinitive | They not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | refuse | infinitive | They not said here | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
They all have full-time jobs already and go to them every day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 have | nsubj |
| 2 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 have | advmod |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 time | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 full | punct |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 jobs | compound |
| 7 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | obj |
| 8 | already | already | ADV | _ | 3 have | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 go | cc |
| 10 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 have | conj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 them | case |
| 12 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 go | obl |
| 13 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 day | det |
| 14 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 go | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | They | time jobs | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient | ||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | They not said here | jobs = job | day | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to they=Initial_Location |
Option 3
Hotels are free, so they cost the country nothing at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hotels | hotel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 free | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 free | cop |
| 3 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 cost | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 cost | advmod |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 cost | nsubj |
| 7 | cost | cost | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 free | parataxis |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 nothing | det |
| 9 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 nothing | compound |
| 10 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 cost | obj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 all | case |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 cost | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Hotels | free property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cost | past | Hotels = hotel | nothing | all | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme nothing=Value |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Most asylum seekers are not allowed to work while they wait
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 seekers | amod |
| 2 | asylum | asylum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 seekers | compound |
| 3 | seekers | seeker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 allowed | aux:pass |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 allowed | advmod |
| 6 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 work | mark |
| 8 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 allowed | xcomp |
| 9 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 11 wait | mark |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 wait | nsubj |
| 11 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 work | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · passive | Most asylum seekers | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | work not said to happen | to-infinitive | Most asylum seekers not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | wait | present | seekers = seeker | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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