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title: Identify the principal disadvantage of self-employment as described… — The school fair, famous companies and… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal disadvantage of self-employment as described in this lesson. Exam question 4 of lesson 32 «The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova'
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# Exam question 4 · The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss

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Identify the principal disadvantage of self-employment as described in this lesson.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, describe · **To what, where:** principal disadvantage, lesson

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 32 «The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss» 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/32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:e4:1
# text = Identify the principal disadvantage of self-employment as described in this lesson.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	disadvantage	disadvantage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	employment	employment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	described	describe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	13	det	_	_
13	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal disadvantage of self employment |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent disadvantage=Theme |
| 2 | **describe** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  | this lesson |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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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 obligation to share all profit with the government

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:e4:o1:1
# text = The obligation to share all profit with the government
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	obligation	obligation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	share	share	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | to-infinitive | the obligation | all profit |  |  |  | with the government | tree rules |

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

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The absence of pay during periods of illness and the bearing of all risk

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:e4:o2:1
# text = The absence of pay during periods of illness and the bearing of all risk
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	absence	absence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	during	during	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	periods	period	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	illness	illness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bearing	bearing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	det	_	_
14	risk	risk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **absent** |  |  | pay |  |  | during periods of illness and the bearing of all risk |  | nom absence «state transitive»: of=patient during=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The presence of a manager directing every action

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:e4:o3:1
# text = The presence of a manager directing every action
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	presence	presence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	manager	manager	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	directing	direct	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **direct** | gerund | the presence of a manager *not said here* | every action |  |  |  |  | vn supervision-95.2.2-1 «NP V NP.predicate»: agent=Agent action=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The prohibition of working on more than three days a week

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:e4:o4:1
# text = The prohibition of working on more than three days a week
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	8	advmod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | gerund | the prohibition *not said here* |  |  |  | day |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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