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title: Ben's cousin from Leeds says, "Jobs, it depends where you live, inni… — Unemployment: when jobs are lost · tree and pragmatics
description: Ben's cousin from Leeds says, "Jobs, it depends where you live, innit, our town's dead quiet." What does this mean? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 35 «Unemployment: when jobs are lost» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Test 5 · ★ · Unemployment: when jobs are lost

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Ben's cousin from Leeds says, "Jobs, it depends where you live, innit, our town's dead quiet." What does this mean?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, it, you, this · **What happens:** say, depend, live, mean · **To what, where:** Jobs, dead quiet · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 35 «Unemployment: when jobs are lost» 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/35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ben's cousin from Leeds says, "Jobs, it depends where you live, innit, our town's dead quiet."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost:t5:1
# text = Ben's cousin from Leeds says, "Jobs, it depends where you live, innit, our town's dead quiet."
1	Ben	Ben	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Leeds	Leeds	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	depends	depend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
13	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	advmod	_	_
14	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	innit	innit	INTJ	UH	_	12	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
19	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	20	nmod:poss	_	_
20	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	's	PART	POS	_	20	case	_	_
22	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	quiet	quiet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Ben's cousin from Leeds | Jobs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **depend** *in a quote* | present | it | our town's dead quiet |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **live** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: 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 does this mean?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost:t5:2
# text = What does this mean?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	mean	mean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Quiet towns are not allowed by the law to have any jobs at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost:t5:o1:1
# text = Quiet towns are not allowed by the law to have any jobs at all
1	Quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	_
11	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	12	det	_	_
12	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive | the law | Quiet towns |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **have** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Quiet towns *not said here* | any jobs |  | all |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient |

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

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Some areas have lots of work and others very little

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost:t5:o2:1
# text = Some areas have lots of work and others very little
1	Some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	areas	area	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | some areas | lots of work and others |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Every town has exactly the same number of jobs as the next one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost:t5:o3:1
# text = Every town has exactly the same number of jobs as the next one
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | every town | the same number of jobs |  |  |  | as the next one | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Jobs are moved around between towns each week by law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost:t5:o4:1
# text = Jobs are moved around between towns each week by law
1	Jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	moved	move	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	around	around	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move around** | present · passive | law | Jobs |  |  | week | between towns; around *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |

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