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title: Ruby goes, "Head teacher earns more cos she's the oldest, innit." Wh… — Jobs and what people earn · tree and pragmatics
description: Ruby goes, "Head teacher earns more cos she's the oldest, innit." What's a better reason? Test 10 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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# Test 10 · Jobs and what people earn

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Ruby goes, "Head teacher earns more cos she's the oldest, innit." What's a better reason?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Ruby, Head teacher, teacher · **What happens:** go, earn, be · **To what, where:** oldest innit, better reason

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This is test 10 of lesson 29 «Jobs and what people earn» of the money 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/money/29-jobs-and-what-people-earn/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby goes, "Head teacher earns more cos she's the oldest, innit."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t10:1
# text = Ruby goes, "Head teacher earns more cos she's the oldest, innit."
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Head	head	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	teacher	teacher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	earns	earn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
9	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
10	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	oldest	old	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Ruby |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **earn** *in a quote* | present | Head teacher |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | teacher | the oldest innit |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What's a better reason?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t10:2
# text = What's a better reason?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	amod	_	_
5	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a better reason |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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She has more responsibility, running the whole school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t10:o1:1
# text = She has more responsibility, running the whole school
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
4	responsibility	responsibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | She | more responsibility |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent responsibility=Patient |
| 2 | **run** | gerund | She *not said here* | the whole school |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme school=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She owns the school building

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t10:o2:1
# text = She owns the school building
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	owns	own	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	building	building	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **own** | present | She | the school building |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot building=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She shouts the loudest in assemblies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t10:o3:1
# text = She shouts the loudest in assemblies
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	loudest	loud	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	assemblies	assembly	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | She | the loudest |  | assemblies |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loud=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Older people always earn the most, whatever job they do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t10:o4:1
# text = Older people always earn the most, whatever job they do
1	Older	old	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	earn	earn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	whatever	whatever	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	9	det	_	_
9	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **earn** | present | Older people |  |  |  |  | always *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **do** | present | people | whatever job *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality |

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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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