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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the… — Why some jobs pay more · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principal reason for which certain occupations attract greater remuneration? Exam question 3 of lesson 30 «Why some jobs pay more» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 3 · Why some jobs pay more

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principal reason for which certain occupations attract greater remuneration?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** certain occupations · **What happens:** follow, characteris, attract · **To what, where:** principal reason, greater remuneration

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 30 «Why some jobs pay more» 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/30-why-some-jobs-pay-more/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:30-why-some-jobs-pay-more:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the principal reason for which certain occupations attract greater remuneration?
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	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	obl	_	_
14	certain	certain	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	occupations	occupation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
16	attract	attract	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	acl:relcl	_	_
17	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	18	amod	_	_
18	remuneration	remuneration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	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 principal reason |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **attract** | present | certain occupations | greater remuneration |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remuneration=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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The greater moral worth of persons engaged in such occupations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:30-why-some-jobs-pay-more:e3:o1:1
# text = The greater moral worth of persons engaged in such occupations
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	greater	great	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	amod	_	_
3	moral	moral	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	worth	worth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	engaged	engage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	occupations	occupation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **engage** | participle |  | persons *not said here* |  |  |  | in such occupations *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in occupation=Goal |

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

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The scarcity of persons able to perform them relative to the demand for their performance

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:30-why-some-jobs-pay-more:e3:o2:1
# text = The scarcity of persons able to perform them relative to the demand for their performance
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	scarcity	scarcity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	able	able	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	perform	perform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	relative	relative	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	demand	demand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **perform** | to-infinitive |  | persons *= person* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **relative** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | to the demand for persons's performance | tree rules |
| 3 | **perform** |  | persons *= person* |  |  |  |  |  | nom performance «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A statutory scale under which all occupations are ranked by importance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:30-why-some-jobs-pay-more:e3:o3:1
# text = A statutory scale under which all occupations are ranked by importance
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	statutory	statutory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	scale	scale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obl	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	occupations	occupation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	ranked	rank	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	importance	importance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rank** | present · passive | importance | all occupations |  | a statutory scale |  |  | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The age of the persons engaged in such occupations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:30-why-some-jobs-pay-more:e3:o4:1
# text = The age of the persons engaged in such occupations
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	age	age	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	engaged	engage	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	occupations	occupation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **engage** | past | the age of the persons |  |  |  |  | in such occupations *goal* | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in occupation=Goal |

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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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