Test 8 · ★★ · Immigration and borders Dylan: "Immigrants take all our jobs." Aisha: "My parents made jobs!" What is wrong with Dylan's claim?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Immigrants, our, Aisha, Dylan · What happens: take, job, make, be, claim · To what, where: jobs
This is test 8 · ★★ 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 Sentence 1: Dylan: "Immigrants take all our jobs."
vocative punct punct nsubj det:predet nmod:poss obj punct punct root Dylan PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT Immigrants NOUN take VERB all DET our PRON jobs NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Dylan Dylan PROPN Number=Sing 5 take vocative 2 : : PUNCT _ 5 take punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 4 Immigrants punct 4 Immigrants immigrant NOUN Number=Plur 5 take nsubj 5 take take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 all all DET PronType=Tot 8 jobs det:predet 7 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 jobs nmod:poss 8 jobs job NOUN Number=Plur 5 take obj 9 . . PUNCT _ 5 take punct 10 " " PUNCT _ 5 take punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 take in a quote present Immigrants our jobs Dylan vocative vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Theme 2 job in a quote our nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent
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: Aisha: "My parents made jobs!"
nsubj punct punct nmod:poss nsubj obj punct punct root Aisha PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT My PRON parents NOUN made VERB jobs NOUN ! PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Aisha Aisha PROPN Number=Sing 6 made nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 6 made punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 6 made punct 4 My my PRON Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 5 parents nmod:poss 5 parents parent NOUN Number=Plur 6 made nsubj 6 made make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin root root 7 jobs job NOUN Number=Plur 6 made obj 8 ! ! PUNCT _ 6 made punct 9 " " PUNCT _ 6 made punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make in a quote past Aisha jobs vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Product
Sentence 3: What is wrong with Dylan's claim?
nsubj cop case nmod:poss case obl punct root What PRON is AUX wrong ADJ with ADP Dylan PROPN 's PART claim NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 wrong nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong cop 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 with with ADP _ 7 claim case 5 Dylan Dylan PROPN Number=Sing 7 claim nmod:poss 6 's 's PART _ 5 Dylan case 7 claim claim NOUN Number=Sing 3 wrong obl 8 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 wrong punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present with Dylan's claim; wrong property tree rules 2 claim Dylan nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Nothing is wrong, because immigrants never start businesses or hire anyone
nsubj cop punct mark nsubj advmod parataxis obj cc conj obj root Nothing PRON is AUX wrong ADJ , PUNCT because SCONJ immigrants NOUN never ADV start VERB businesses NOUN or CCONJ hire VERB anyone PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Nothing nothing PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 3 wrong nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong cop 3 wrong wrong ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 start punct 5 because because SCONJ _ 8 start mark 6 immigrants immigrant NOUN Number=Plur 8 start nsubj 7 never never ADV PronType=Neg 8 start advmod 8 start start VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 wrong parataxis 9 businesses business NOUN Number=Plur 8 start obj 10 or or CCONJ _ 11 hire cc 11 hire hire VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 start conj 12 anyone anyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Ind 11 hire obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present Nothing wrong property tree rules 2 not start present immigrants businesses vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Eventuality 3 hire present immigrants not said here anyone vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer The word "all" is almost never true; immigrants take and create jobs
The tree, 12 words det nsubj punct appos punct cop advmod advmod punct nsubj parataxis cc conj obj root The DET word NOUN " PUNCT all DET " PUNCT is AUX almost ADV never ADV true ADJ ; PUNCT immigrants NOUN take VERB and CCONJ create VERB jobs NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 word det 2 word word NOUN Number=Sing 9 true nsubj 3 " " PUNCT _ 4 all punct 4 all all DET PronType=Tot 2 word appos 5 " " PUNCT _ 4 all punct 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 true cop 7 almost almost ADV _ 9 true advmod 8 never never ADV PronType=Neg 9 true advmod 9 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 10 ; ; PUNCT _ 12 take punct 11 immigrants immigrant NOUN Number=Plur 12 take nsubj 12 take take VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 true parataxis 13 and and CCONJ _ 14 create cc 14 create create VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 12 take conj 15 jobs job NOUN Number=Plur 14 create obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not is present the word almost, true property tree rules 2 take present immigrants vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 create present immigrants not said here jobs vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Result
Option 3 Aisha's parents cannot own a shop
nmod:poss case nsubj aux advmod det obj root Aisha PROPN 's PART parents NOUN can AUX not PART own VERB a DET shop NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Aisha Aisha PROPN Number=Sing 3 parents nmod:poss 2 's 's PART _ 1 Aisha case 3 parents parent NOUN Number=Plur 6 own nsubj 4 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 own aux 5 not not PART Polarity=Neg 6 own advmod 6 own own VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 shop det 8 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 6 own obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not own can Aisha's parents a shop vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot shop=Theme
Option 4 Jobs cannot be made, only taken
nsubj:pass aux advmod aux:pass punct advmod conj root Jobs NOUN can AUX not PART be AUX made VERB , PUNCT only ADV taken VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Jobs job NOUN Number=Plur 5 made nsubj:pass 2 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 made aux 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 5 made advmod 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 made aux:pass 5 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 6 , , PUNCT _ 8 taken punct 7 only only ADV _ 8 taken advmod 8 taken take VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 made conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not make can · passive Jobs vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product 2 take participle vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
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