--- title: Dylan: "Immigrants take all our jobs." Aisha: "My parents made jobs!… — Immigration and borders · tree and pragmatics description: Dylan: "Immigrants take all our jobs." Aisha: "My parents made jobs!" What is wrong with Dylan's claim? Test 8 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Immigration and borders» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wr --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/19-immigration-and-borders/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Politics](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/) / [Immigration and borders](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/politics/19-immigration-and-borders/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★ · Immigration and borders Dylan: "Immigrants take all our jobs." Aisha: "My parents made jobs!" What is wrong with Dylan's claim? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Immigrants, our, Aisha, Dylan · **What happens:** take, job, make, be, claim · **To what, where:** jobs This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Immigration and borders» 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/19-immigration-and-borders/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Dylan: "Immigrants take all our jobs." ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:19-immigration-and-borders:t8:1 # text = Dylan: "Immigrants take all our jobs." 1 Dylan Dylan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 vocative _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 5 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 Immigrants immigrant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 8 det:predet _ _ 7 our our PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 jobs job NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** *in a quote* | present | Immigrants | our jobs | | | | Dylan *vocative* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Theme | | 2 | **job** *in a quote* | | our | | | | | | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* Aisha: "My parents made jobs!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:19-immigration-and-borders:t8:2 # text = Aisha: "My parents made jobs!" 1 Aisha Aisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 : : PUNCT : _ 6 punct _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 My my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 5 nmod:poss _ _ 5 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 made make VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 jobs job NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ! ! PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** *in a quote* | past | Aisha | jobs | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Product | *Sentence 3:* What is wrong with Dylan's claim? ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:19-immigration-and-borders:t8:3 # text = What is wrong with Dylan's claim? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 with with ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 Dylan Dylan PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 6 's 's PART POS _ 5 case _ _ 7 claim claim NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | with Dylan's claim; wrong *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **claim** | | Dylan | | | | | | nom claim «communication transitive»: poss=agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nothing is wrong, because immigrants never start businesses or hire anyone ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:19-immigration-and-borders:t8:o1:1 # text = Nothing is wrong, because immigrants never start businesses or hire anyone 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 5 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 immigrants immigrant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 start start VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 businesses business NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ 10 or or CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 hire hire VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 conj _ _ 12 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nothing | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **not** **start** | present | immigrants | businesses | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent business=Eventuality | | 3 | **hire** | present | immigrants *not said here* | anyone | | | | | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} The word "all" is almost never true; immigrants take and create jobs ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:19-immigration-and-borders:t8:o2:1 # text = The word "all" is almost never true; immigrants take and create jobs 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 word word NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 3 " " PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 4 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 2 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 7 almost almost ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 8 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 true true ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 10 ; ; PUNCT : _ 12 punct _ _ 11 immigrants immigrant NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 nsubj _ _ 12 take take VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 parataxis _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 create create VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 conj _ _ 15 jobs job NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **is** | present | the word | | | | | almost, true *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **take** | present | immigrants | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **create** | present | immigrants *not said here* | jobs | | | | | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Result | ### Option 3 {#o3} Aisha's parents cannot own a shop ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:19-immigration-and-borders:t8:o3:1 # text = Aisha's parents cannot own a shop 1 Aisha Aisha PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's 's PART POS _ 1 case _ _ 3 parents parent NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 own own VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **own** | can | Aisha's parents | a shop | | | | | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot shop=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Jobs cannot be made, only taken ```conllu # sent_id = question:politics:19-immigration-and-borders:t8:o4:1 # text = Jobs cannot be made, only taken 1 Jobs job NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 made make VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 taken take VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **make** | can · passive | | Jobs | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product | | 2 | **take** | participle | | | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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. 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