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title: A dad who works at a car parts factory says tariffs will bring jobs… — Prices, money and jobs: why everything… · tree and pragmatics
description: A dad who works at a car parts factory says tariffs will bring jobs back; the neighbour says they will make everything cost more. Which is best? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and 
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# Test 4 · ★★ · Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more

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A dad who works at a car parts factory says tariffs will bring jobs back; the neighbour says they will make everything cost more. Which is best?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, tariffs, neighbour, everything · **What happens:** work, say, bring back, make, cost, be · **To what, where:** jobs, everything, more · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 18 «Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more» of the politics 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/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A dad who works at a car parts factory says tariffs will bring jobs back; the neighbour says they will make everything cost more.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t4:1
# text = A dad who works at a car parts factory says tariffs will bring jobs back; the neighbour says they will make everything cost more.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	parts	part	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	compound	_	_
9	factory	factory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	tariffs	tariff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	bring	bring	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	ccomp	_	_
14	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
15	back	back	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	19	punct	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
20	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	_
21	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	22	aux	_	_
22	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	19	ccomp	_	_
23	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	22	obj	_	_
24	cost	cost	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	xcomp	_	_
25	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | a dad |  |  |  |  | at a parts factory | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at factory=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **bring back** | future | tariffs | jobs |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent job=Theme |
| 4 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the neighbour |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 5 | **make** | future | tariffs *= tariff* | everything |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **cost** | infinitive | everything *not said here* | more |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value |

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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 is best?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t4:2
# text = Which is best?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	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 |  |  |  |  |  | good *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Only the dad can be right, because he works in a factory and knows best

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t4:o1:1
# text = Only the dad can be right, because he works in a factory and knows best
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	factory	factory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	15	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | the dad |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **work** | present | he |  |  |  |  | in a factory | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in factory=Theme |
| 3 | **know** | present | the dad *not said here* | best |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Only the neighbour can be right, because tariffs never save a single job

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t4:o2:1
# text = Only the neighbour can be right, because tariffs never save a single job
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	tariffs	tariff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	save	save	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | the neighbour |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **save** | present | tariffs | a single job |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Both can be partly true: a tax at the border can help some people and cost others

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t4:o3:1
# text = Both can be partly true: a tax at the border can help some people and cost others
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	cop	_	_
4	partly	partly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	border	border	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	parataxis	_	_
14	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	15	det	_	_
15	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
18	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | Both |  |  |  |  | partly, true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **help** | can | a tax at the border |  | some people |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Beneficiary |
| 3 | **cost** | present | a tax at the border *not said here* | others |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme other=Value |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Neither is right, because tariffs have no effects on jobs or prices at all

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t4:o4:1
# text = Neither is right, because tariffs have no effects on jobs or prices at all
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	tariffs	tariff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	9	det	_	_
9	effects	effect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	jobs	job	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	conj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Neither |  |  | all |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **have** | present | tariffs | no effects or prices |  | jobs |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient |

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