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title: Teachers strike on Tuesday, trains the next week, and Gran can't vis… — Prices, money and jobs: why everything… · tree and pragmatics
description: Teachers strike on Tuesday, trains the next week, and Gran can't visit. "Heaps annoying" says Jake. What is the point being argued? Test 6 · ★★ 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
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more

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Teachers strike on Tuesday, trains the next week, and Gran can't visit. "Heaps annoying" says Jake. What is the point being argued?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Teachers, Gran, Jake · **What happens:** strike, train, not visit, say, argue · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Teachers strike on Tuesday, trains the next week, and Gran can't visit. "

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t6:1
# text = Teachers strike on Tuesday, trains the next week, and Gran can't visit. "
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	strike	strike	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Tuesday	Tuesday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	trains	train	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	visit	visit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
17	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **strike** | present | Teachers |  |  |  | tuesday |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
| 2 | **train** | present |  |  |  |  | week |  | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **not** **visit** | can | Gran |  |  |  |  |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Heaps annoying" says Jake.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t6:2
# text = Heaps annoying" says Jake.
1	Heaps	heap	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	annoying	annoying	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	Jake	Jake	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | Jake |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* What is the point being argued?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t6:3
# text = What is the point being argued?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	argued	argue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	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 | **argue** *speech: disagree* | present · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Strikes are always against the law and the strikers all go to prison for it

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t6:o1:1
# text = Strikes are always against the law and the strikers all go to prison for it
1	Strikes	strike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
4	against	against	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	strikers	striker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	advmod	_	_
11	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	prison	prison	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Strikes |  |  |  |  | against the law and the strikers; always *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | present | the law and the strikers *not said here* |  |  | prison |  | for prison | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to prison=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Strikes only hurt the bosses and never the people who use trains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t6:o2:1
# text = Strikes only hurt the bosses and never the people who use trains
1	Strikes	strike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bosses	boss	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
7	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	use	use	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	trains	train	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | past | Strikes | the bosses |  |  |  | the people *obl* | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer boss=Patient |
| 2 | **use** | present | the people | trains |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent train=Patient |

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

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Strikes press for pay but are felt by everyone who uses the service

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t6:o3:1
# text = Strikes press for pay but are felt by everyone who uses the service
1	Strikes	strike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	press	press	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	pay	pay	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	felt	feel	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	conj	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obl	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	uses	use	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | present | Strikes |  |  |  |  | for pay | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **feel** | present · passive | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **use** | present |  | the service |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent service=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Teachers and train drivers just wanted a day off for fun

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:t6:o4:1
# text = Teachers and train drivers just wanted a day off for fun
1	Teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
3	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	just	just	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	wanted	want	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	off	off	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want off** | past | Teachers and train drivers |  |  |  | day | for fun | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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