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title: What would happen to unemployment if the economy went into a long re… — Unemployment: when jobs are lost · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen to unemployment if the economy went into a long recession? Test 6 · ★ 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; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 6 · ★ · Unemployment: when jobs are lost

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What would happen to unemployment if the economy went into a long recession?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** economy · **What happens:** happen, go · **To what, where:** long recession

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost:t6:1
# text = What would happen to unemployment if the economy went into a long recession?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	unemployment	unemployment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	economy	economy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	recession	recession	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  | to unemployment | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the economy |  |  | a long recession |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme into recession=Initial\_Location |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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It would probably go up, as firms sell less and cut jobs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost:t6:o1:1
# text = It would probably go up, as firms sell less and cut jobs
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	firms	firm	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sell	sell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
10	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	9	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** | would | It |  |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **sell** | present | firms |  |  |  |  | less *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **cut** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Everyone would get a pay rise to cheer them up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost:t6:o2:1
# text = Everyone would get a pay rise to cheer them up
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	rise	rise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	cheer	cheer	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | Everyone | a pay rise |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer rise=Stimulus |
| 2 | **cheer up** | to-infinitive | Everyone *not said here* | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent they=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, recessions don't affect jobs at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost:t6:o3:1
# text = Nothing, recessions don't affect jobs at all
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	recessions	recession	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	affect	affect	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **affect** | present · do-support | Nothing recessions | jobs |  | all |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus job=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It would fall to zero, as everyone rushes to find work to do

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost:t6:o4:1
# text = It would fall to zero, as everyone rushes to find work to do
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	zero	zero	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	9	nsubj	_	_
9	rushes	rush	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fall** | would | It |  |  |  |  | to zero | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to zero=Theme |
| 2 | **rush** | present | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result |
| 3 | **find** | to-infinitive | everyone *not said here* | work |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent work=Attribute clause=Theme |
| 4 | **do** | to-infinitive | work *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «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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