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title: News: "Steelworks to close, 2,000 jobs lost; town in shock." Why is… — When work goes wrong · tree and pragmatics
description: News: "Steelworks to close, 2,000 jobs lost; town in shock." Why is the whole town in shock? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 4 «When work goes wrong» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 10 · ★★ · When work goes wrong

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News: "Steelworks to close, 2,000 jobs lost; town in shock." Why is the whole town in shock?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** whole town · **What happens:** close, lose, be · **To what, where:** 2,000 jobs

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 4 «When work goes wrong» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* News: "Steelworks to close, 2,000 jobs lost; town in shock."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:t10:1
# text = News: "Steelworks to close, 2,000 jobs lost; town in shock."
1	News	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Steelworks	steelwork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	appos	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	2,000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
10	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **lose** *in a quote* | participle |  | 2,000 jobs *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why is the whole town in shock?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:t10:2
# text = Why is the whole town in shock?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the whole town in shock |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The town must close too

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:t10:o1:1
# text = The town must close too
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | must | the town |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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So many people lose their jobs at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:t10:o2:1
# text = So many people lose their jobs at once
1	So	so	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	lose	lose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | many people | people's jobs |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |
| 2 | **job** |  | people |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The steelworks was the only house in town

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:t10:o3:1
# text = The steelworks was the only house in town
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	steelworks	steelwork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	house	house	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | the steelworks | the only house |  | town |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Steel will no longer exist anywhere in the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:4-when-work-goes-wrong:t10:o4:1
# text = Steel will no longer exist anywhere in the world
1	Steel	steel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	no	no	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	exist	exist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	5	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | future | Steel |  |  | the world |  | anywhere, long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in world=Location |

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