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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Why some jobs pay more · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning equal pay in the United Kingdom. Exam question 4 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 and of each option; Mova's choice was righ
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# Exam question 4 · Why some jobs pay more

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning equal pay in the United Kingdom.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, equal pay, United Kingdom

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:30-why-some-jobs-pay-more:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning equal pay in the United Kingdom.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	15	flat	_	_
15	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | equal pay |  | the United Kingdom |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus pay=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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The law requires that all employees receive identical remuneration

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:30-why-some-jobs-pay-more:e4:o1:1
# text = The law requires that all employees receive identical remuneration
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	employees	employee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	receive	receive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	identical	identical	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	remuneration	remuneration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | the law |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition |
| 2 | **receive** | present | all employees | identical remuneration |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent remuneration=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The law permits employers to remunerate men more highly than women

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:30-why-some-jobs-pay-more:e4:o2:1
# text = The law permits employers to remunerate men more highly than women
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	permits	permit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	employers	employer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	remunerate	remunerate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
9	highly	highly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | present | the law | employers |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer employer=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **remunerate** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the law *not said here* |  | men |  |  | highly *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The law requires that men and women receive equal pay for equal work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:30-why-some-jobs-pay-more:e4:o3:1
# text = The law requires that men and women receive equal pay for equal work
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	men	man	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	women	woman	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	receive	receive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | the law |  |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **receive** | present | men and women | equal pay |  |  |  | for equal work | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pay=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The law makes no provision whatsoever in respect of pay

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:30-why-some-jobs-pay-more:e4:o4:1
# text = The law makes no provision whatsoever in respect of pay
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the law | no provision |  | respect of pay |  | whatsoever *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset provision=Product |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | pay |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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