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# Exam question 3 · Finding a job and getting on

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Given that wages remain unchanged whilst prices rise, determine the effect upon the employee.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Given wages, prices · **What happens:** give, remain, rise, determine · **To what, where:** effect

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 3 «Finding a job and getting on» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:e3:1
# text = Given that wages remain unchanged whilst prices rise, determine the effect upon the employee.
1	Given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
3	wages	wage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	remain	remain	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	unchanged	unchanged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	rise	rise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	employee	employee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **remain** | present | that Given wages |  |  |  |  | unchanged *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **rise** | present | prices |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **determine** | infinitive |  | the effect |  |  |  | upon the employee | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Topic |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The employee's pay purchases less, and the employee is in effect poorer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:e3:o1:1
# text = The employee's pay purchases less, and the employee is in effect poorer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	employee	employee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	purchases	purchase	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	employee	employee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	parataxis	_	_
14	poorer	poor	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purchase** | present | the employee's pay |  |  |  |  | less, poor *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **is** | present | the employee |  |  | effect |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pay** |  | the employee |  |  |  |  |  | nom pay «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The employee's position remains wholly unaltered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:e3:o2:1
# text = The employee's position remains wholly unaltered
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	employee	employee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	wholly	wholly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	unaltered	unaltered	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | the employee's position |  |  |  |  | unaltered *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The employee becomes entitled to a promotion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:e3:o3:1
# text = The employee becomes entitled to a promotion
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	employee	employee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	entitled	entitle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	promotion	promotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | the employee |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **entitle** | participle | the employee *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to a promotion | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The employee's pay purchases more, and the employee is accordingly richer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:3-finding-a-job-and-getting-on:e3:o4:1
# text = The employee's pay purchases more, and the employee is accordingly richer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	employee	employee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	purchases	purchase	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	employee	employee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	accordingly	accordingly	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	richer	rich	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purchase** | present | the employee's pay | more |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset more=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the employee |  |  |  |  | accordingly, rich *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **pay** |  | the employee |  |  |  |  |  | nom pay «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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