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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the minimum wage? Exam question 2 of lesson 29 «Jobs and what people earn» of the money 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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# Exam question 2 · Jobs and what people earn

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the minimum wage?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** minimum wage

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 29 «Jobs and what people earn» of the money 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/money/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the minimum wage?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	minimum	minimum	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	wage	wage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the minimum wage |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 lowest hourly rate of pay which an employer may lawfully offer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:e2:o1:1
# text = The lowest hourly rate of pay which an employer may lawfully offer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	lowest	low	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
3	hourly	hourly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rate	rate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	employer	employer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	offer	offer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | may | a employer | the lowest hourly rate of pay |  |  |  | lawfully *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent which=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A payment made to persons engaged in domestic chores

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:e2:o2:1
# text = A payment made to persons engaged in domestic chores
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	engaged	engage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	domestic	domestic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	chores	chore	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a payment *not said here* |  |  |  | to persons | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **engage** | participle |  | persons *not said here* |  |  |  | in domestic chores *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in chore=Goal |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The greatest hourly rate of pay which an employer may lawfully offer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:e2:o3:1
# text = The greatest hourly rate of pay which an employer may lawfully offer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	greatest	great	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
3	hourly	hourly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	rate	rate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obj	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	employer	employer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	lawfully	lawfully	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	offer	offer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | may | a employer | the greatest hourly rate of pay |  |  |  | lawfully *property* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent which=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An award conferred upon the most diligent employee

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:e2:o4:1
# text = An award conferred upon the most diligent employee
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	award	award	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	conferred	confer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	diligent	diligent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	employee	employee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confer** | participle |  | a award *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the diligent employee | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=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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