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title: "Minimum wage up in April, chur!" says Mia's sister in Auckland (chu… — Prices, money and jobs: why everything… · tree and pragmatics
description: "Minimum wage up in April, chur!" says Mia's sister in Auckland (chur = thanks, great). What might the café owner do? Test 5 · ★★ 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 pragmatics of the question 
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more

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"Minimum wage up in April, chur!" says Mia's sister in Auckland (chur = thanks, great). What might the café owner do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Minimum, sister, café owner · **What happens:** wage up, say, do · **To what, where:** Auckland · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* "Minimum wage up in April, chur!" says Mia's sister in Auckland (chur = thanks, great).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t5:1
# text = "Minimum wage up in April, chur!" says Mia's sister in Auckland (chur = thanks, great).
1	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Minimum	minimum	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	wage	wage	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	ccomp	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	April	April	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	chur	chur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	sister	sister	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
17	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	chur	chur	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	appos	_	_
19	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	20	punct	_	_
20	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wage up** *in a quote* | present | Minimum |  |  |  | april |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: express* | present | Mia's sister |  |  | Auckland |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |

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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 might the café owner do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t5:2
# text = What might the café owner do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	obj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	café	café	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | might | the café owner |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Lower all his prices so more customers come in

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t5:o1:1
# text = Lower all his prices so more customers come in
1	Lower	low	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	customers	customer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come in** | present | more customers |  |  |  |  | low *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Close the café forever, because the law now says so

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t5:o2:1
# text = Close the café forever, because the law now says so
1	Close	close	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	café	café	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
10	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | imperative | you *not said here* | the café |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent café=Patient |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the law |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pay her less than the law allows and hope nobody notices

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t5:o3:1
# text = Pay her less than the law allows and hope nobody notices
1	Pay	pay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	obj	_	_
4	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	allows	allow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	hope	hope	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	11	nsubj	_	_
11	notices	notice	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient less=Asset |
| 2 | **allow** | present | the law |  |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |
| 3 | **hope** | present | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn long-32.2 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 4 | **notice** | present | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Raise the price of a sandwich or hire fewer people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t5:o4:1
# text = Raise the price of a sandwich or hire fewer people
1	Raise	raise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sandwich	sandwich	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	hire	hire	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	fewer	few	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	10	amod	_	_
10	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | imperative | you *not said here* | the price of a sandwich |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Theme |
| 2 | **hire** | present | you *not said here* | fewer people |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Theme |

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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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