Exam question 1 · Looking after yourself and a home

Ascertain the consequence most probably incurred by a householder who fails to remit payment of a utility bill by the date stipulated.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, householder · What happens: ascertain, incur, fail, not remit, stipulate, pay · To what, where: consequence, payment, date, utility bill

This is exam question 1 of lesson 38 «Looking after yourself and 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 consequence	det
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	5 probably	advmod
5	probably	probably	ADV	_	6 incurred	advmod
6	incurred	incur	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 consequence	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 householder	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 householder	det
9	householder	householder	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 incurred	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 fails	nsubj
11	fails	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 householder	acl:relcl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 remit	mark
13	remit	remit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 fails	xcomp
14	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 remit	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	18 bill	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 bill	det
17	utility	utility	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bill	compound
18	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 payment	nmod
19	by	by	ADP	_	21 date	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 date	det
21	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 remit	obl
22	stipulated	stipulate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 date	acl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the consequence		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic
2	incur	participle		the consequence not said here	by a householder; probably property	tree rules
3	fail	present	a householder			vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	not remit	to-infinitive	a householder not said here	payment of a utility bill	by the date	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent payment=Theme
5	stipulate	participle		the date not said here		tree rules
6	pay			a utility bill		nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient

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

Payment of the sum by the local authority on his behalf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 sum	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sum	det
4	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Payment	nmod
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 authority	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 authority	det
7	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 authority	amod
8	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Payment	nmod
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 behalf	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 behalf	nmod:poss
11	behalf	behalf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 authority	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay		the local authority on his behalf	the sum					nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient by=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Additional charges, and possible disconnection of the service

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Additional	additional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 charges	amod
2	charges	charge	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 disconnection	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 disconnection	cc
5	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 disconnection	amod
6	disconnection	disconnection	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 charges	conj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 service	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 service	det
9	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 disconnection	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disconnect			the service					nom disconnection «state transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A complimentary extension of the service

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 extension	det
2	complimentary	complimentary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 extension	amod
3	extension	extension	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 service	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 service	det
6	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 extension	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Automatic cancellation of the outstanding sum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Automatic	automatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cancellation	amod
2	cancellation	cancellation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 sum	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sum	det
5	outstanding	outstanding	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sum	amod
6	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cancellation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cancel			the outstanding sum					nom cancellation «act transitive»: of=patient

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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