Exam question 2 · Moving house and renting a home

Identify the purpose of a deposit remitted at the commencement of a tenancy.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, deposit · What happens: identify, remit, purpose · To what, where: purpose, deposit, commencement

This is exam question 2 of lesson 10 «Moving house and renting a home» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 purpose	det
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 deposit	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 deposit	det
6	deposit	deposit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purpose	nmod
7	remitted	remit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 deposit	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 commencement	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 commencement	det
10	commencement	commencement	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 remitted	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 tenancy	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 tenancy	det
13	tenancy	tenancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 commencement	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the purpose of a deposit		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	remit	participle		a deposit not said here	the commencement of a tenancy	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	purpose		a deposit			nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To secure the landlord against damage, being returnable if none is caused

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 secure	mark
2	secure	secure	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 landlord	det
4	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 secure	obj
5	against	against	ADP	_	6 damage	case
6	damage	damage	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 secure	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 returnable	punct
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 returnable	cop
9	returnable	returnable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 damage	conj
10	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 caused	mark
11	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	13 caused	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 caused	aux:pass
13	caused	cause	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 secure	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	secure	to-infinitive	the landlord	against damage	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition landlord=Theme
2	is	gerund		returnable property	tree rules
3	cause a condition, not said to happen	present · passive	none		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

To purchase a share in the ownership of the dwelling for the tenants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 purchase	mark
2	purchase	purchase	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 share	det
4	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 purchase	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 ownership	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ownership	det
7	ownership	ownership	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 purchase	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 dwelling	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dwelling	det
10	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ownership	nmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 tenants	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tenants	det
13	tenants	tenant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 purchase	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	purchase	to-infinitive		a share		the ownership of the dwelling		for the tenants	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent share=Theme for tenant=Asset

Option 3

To remunerate the estate agent for viewings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 remunerate	mark
2	remunerate	remunerate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 agent	det
4	estate	estate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 agent	compound
5	agent	agent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remunerate	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 viewings	case
7	viewings	viewing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remunerate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remunerate	to-infinitive		the estate agent				for viewings	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent agent=Recipient

Option 4

To discharge the first year's rent in advance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 discharge	mark
2	discharge	discharge	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 year	det
4	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 year	amod
5	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rent	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 year	case
7	rent	rent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discharge	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 advance	case
9	advance	advance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discharge	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discharge	to-infinitive		the first year's rent		advance			vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rent=Theme
2	rent		the first year						nom rent «possession transitive»: poss=agent

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