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description: News: "The number of jobseekers rose by 3,000 last month." What happened? Test 10 · ★ of lesson 22 «Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy and business and advertising» of the euphemisms course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of
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# Test 10 · ★ · Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy a…

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News: "The number of jobseekers rose by 3,000 last month." What happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** News · **What happens:** rise, happen

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 22 «Soft words for hard things: work, firing and the economy and business and advertising» of the euphemisms 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/euphemisms/22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* News: "The number of jobseekers rose by 3,000 last month."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t10:1
# text = News: "The number of jobseekers rose by 3,000 last month."
1	News	news	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	jobseekers	jobseeker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
8	rose	rise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	3,000	3000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
11	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** *in a quote* | past | News and the number of jobseekers |  |  |  | month |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «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:* What happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t10:2
# text = What happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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More companies were hiring

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t10:o1:1
# text = More companies were hiring
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	companies	company	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	hiring	hire	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hire** | past · progressive | More companies |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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More people were unemployed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t10:o2:1
# text = More people were unemployed
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	unemployed	unemployed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | More people |  |  |  |  | unemployed *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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More people found jobs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t10:o3:1
# text = More people found jobs
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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More people retired

```conllu
# sent_id = question:euphemisms:22-jobs-shops-and-estate-agents:t10:o4:1
# text = More people retired
1	More	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	retired	retire	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retire** | participle |  | More people *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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