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title: Your nan says, "Back in my day, the mines employed half the town." W… — Jobs and what people earn · tree and pragmatics
description: Your nan says, "Back in my day, the mines employed half the town." What's true about jobs over time? Test 11 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 11 · Jobs and what people earn

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Your nan says, "Back in my day, the mines employed half the town." What's true about jobs over time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** nan, mines · **What happens:** say, employ, be · **To what, where:** town · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 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/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your nan says, "Back in my day, the mines employed half the town."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t11:1
# text = Your nan says, "Back in my day, the mines employed half the town."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	nan	nan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	ccomp	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
13	employed	employ	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
14	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	16	det:predet	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your nan |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **employ** *in a quote* | past | the mines | half town |  |  |  |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Theme |

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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 true about jobs over time?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t11:2
# text = What's true about jobs over time?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  | time | about jobs; true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Jobs never change, so the mines are all still open

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t11:o1:1
# text = Jobs never change, so the mines are all still open
1	Jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	all	all	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	still	still	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **change** | present | Jobs |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the mines |  |  |  | still | all, open *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Every miner became a YouTuber

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t11:o2:1
# text = Every miner became a YouTuber
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	miner	miner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	became	become	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	YouTuber	YouTuber	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | past | every miner |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Coal mining is now the biggest job in Britain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t11:o3:1
# text = Coal mining is now the biggest job in Britain
1	Coal	coal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	mining	mining	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	biggest	big	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	7	amod	_	_
7	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Britain	Britain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Coal mining | the biggest job |  | Britain | now |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Jobs change; many mines closed and new kinds of work appeared

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t11:o4:1
# text = Jobs change; many mines closed and new kinds of work appeared
1	Jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	mines	mine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
6	closed	close	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	kinds	kind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	appeared	appear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | Jobs |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **close** | participle |  | many mines *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **appear** | past | many mines |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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