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title: In a cartoon, a bus driver earns £1 a year and a TV star earns £1 a… — Jobs and what people earn · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a bus driver earns £1 a year and a TV star earns £1 a year too. What's wrong? Test 7 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 wrong.
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# Test 7 · Jobs and what people earn

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In a cartoon, a bus driver earns £1 a year and a TV star earns £1 a year too. What's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bus driver, TV star · **What happens:** earn, be · **To what, where:** cartoon

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a bus driver earns £1 a year and a TV star earns £1 a year too.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t7:1
# text = In a cartoon, a bus driver earns £1 a year and a TV star earns £1 a year too.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	earns	earn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	£	£	SYM	$	_	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	star	star	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	earns	earn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
18	£	£	SYM	$	_	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl:unmarked	_	_
22	too	too	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **earn** | present | a bus driver |  |  | a cartoon | year |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme |
| 2 | **earn** | present | a TV star |  |  |  | year |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=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 wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t7:2
# text = What's wrong?
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	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Pay is the same for every job by law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t7:o1:1
# text = Pay is the same for every job by law
1	Pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Pay |  |  |  |  | for every job by law; same *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **job** |  | law |  |  |  |  |  | nom job «act intransitive»: by=agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Bus drivers really earn more than TV stars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t7:o2:1
# text = Bus drivers really earn more than TV stars
1	Bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	really	really	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	earn	earn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	obj	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	TV	TV	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	stars	star	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **earn** | present | Bus drivers | more |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, everyone really earns £1 a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t7:o3:1
# text = Nothing, everyone really earns £1 a year
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
4	really	really	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	earns	earn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **earn** | present | Nothing |  |  |  | year |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Real pay varies, and a bus driver earns far more than £1 a year

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:29-jobs-and-what-people-earn:t7:o4:1
# text = Real pay varies, and a bus driver earns far more than £1 a year
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	varies	vary	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	earns	earn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
10	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
11	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
12	than	than	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	£	£	SYM	$	_	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **vary** | present | Real pay |  |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **earn** | present | a bus driver |  |  |  | year |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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