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title: Zac says, "Dangerous jobs pay more so people will do them." Which jo… — Why some jobs pay more · tree and pragmatics
description: Zac says, "Dangerous jobs pay more so people will do them." Which job most likely pays danger money? Test 11 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Why some jobs pay more

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Zac says, "Dangerous jobs pay more so people will do them." Which job most likely pays danger money?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Zac, Dangerous jobs, people, job · **What happens:** say, pay, do · **To what, where:** more, jobs, danger money · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 30 «Why some jobs pay more» 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/30-why-some-jobs-pay-more/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Zac says, "Dangerous jobs pay more so people will do them."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:30-why-some-jobs-pay-more:t11:1
# text = Zac says, "Dangerous jobs pay more so people will do them."
1	Zac	Zac	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	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	Dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	pay	pay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	obj	_	_
9	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
13	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Zac |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** *in a quote* | present | Dangerous jobs | more |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Asset |
| 3 | **do** *in a quote* | future | people | jobs *= job* |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Eventuality |

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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:* Which job most likely pays danger money?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:30-why-some-jobs-pay-more:t11:2
# text = Which job most likely pays danger money?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	4	advmod	_	_
4	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
5	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present | which job | danger money |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Selling ice cream on a sunny beach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:30-why-some-jobs-pay-more:t11:o1:1
# text = Selling ice cream on a sunny beach
1	Selling	sell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	ice	ice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cream	cream	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	sunny	sunny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	beach	beach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | gerund |  | ice cream |  | a sunny beach |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent cream=Theme on beach=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Reading books in a quiet library

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:30-why-some-jobs-pay-more:t11:o2:1
# text = Reading books in a quiet library
1	Reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	books	book	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	library	library	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund |  | books |  | a quiet library |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sorting post in a quiet office

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:30-why-some-jobs-pay-more:t11:o3:1
# text = Sorting post in a quiet office
1	Sorting	sort	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sort** | gerund |  | post |  |  |  | in a quiet office *goal* | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent post=Theme in office=Goal |

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

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Working on an oil rig at sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:30-why-some-jobs-pay-more:t11:o4:1
# text = Working on an oil rig at sea
1	Working	work	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	oil	oil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	rig	rig	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at sea; on a oil rig | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme PP.beneficary»: agent=Agent on rig=Theme at sea=Beneficiary |

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