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description: In a cartoon, the town's only factory closes and the next day everyone has a new job. What's unrealistic? Test 9 · ★ 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
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# Test 9 · ★ · Unemployment: when jobs are lost

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In a cartoon, the town's only factory closes and the next day everyone has a new job. What's unrealistic?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** town, everyone · **What happens:** be, have · **To what, where:** cartoon, new job

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, the town's only factory closes and the next day everyone has a new job.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost:t9:1
# text = In a cartoon, the town's only factory closes and the next day everyone has a new job.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	factory	factory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	closes	close	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl:unmarked	_	_
15	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	16	nsubj	_	_
16	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the town |  |  | a cartoon |  | close *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | everyone | a new job |  |  | day |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Patient |

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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's unrealistic?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost:t9:2
# text = What's unrealistic?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	unrealistic	unrealistic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | unrealistic *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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People who live in towns never really need jobs to live

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost:t9:o1:1
# text = People who live in towns never really need jobs to live
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	live	live	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	towns	town	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
7	really	really	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	live	live	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **live** | present | People |  |  | towns |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in town=Location |
| 2 | **need** | present | People | jobs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **live** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | jobs *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Finding work can take a long time and is often hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost:t9:o2:1
# text = Finding work can take a long time and is often hard
1	Finding	find	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	csubj	_	_
2	work	work	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	often	often	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | gerund |  | work |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent work=Topic |
| 2 | **take** | can | Finding |  |  |  | time |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | Finding *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hard, often *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, new jobs always appear by the very next day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost:t9:o3:1
# text = Nothing, new jobs always appear by the very next day
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	appear	appear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
9	very	very	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **appear** | present | Nothing |  |  |  | day | always *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Factories never close down in real life, only in stories

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:35-unemployment-when-jobs-are-lost:t9:o4:1
# text = Factories never close down in real life, only in stories
1	Factories	factory	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	close	close	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	stories	story	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **close down** | present | Factories |  |  |  |  | in stories; in real life | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent in life=Topic |

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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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