Exam question 1 · Money, work and the big choices

Select the response that most accurately characterises the deductions itemised upon a payslip.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, most · What happens: select, characteris, itemis · To what, where: response, deductions

This is exam question 1 of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
5	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 characterises	nsubj
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	5 most	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 response	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 deductions	det
9	deductions	deduction	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 characterises	obj
10	itemised	itemis	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 deductions	acl
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 payslip	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 payslip	det
13	payslip	payslip	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 itemised	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	characteris	present	most	the deductions		tree rules
3	itemis	participle		the deductions not said here	upon a payslip	tree rules

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

Contributions to the employer's personal savings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Contributions	contribution	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	7 savings	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 employer	det
4	employer	employer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 savings	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 employer	case
6	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 savings	amod
7	savings	savings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	1 Contributions	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save		the employer						nom savings «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Sums such as tax and pension withheld prior to payment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sums	sum	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 withheld	nsubj
2	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	4 tax	case
3	as	as	ADP	_	2 such	fixed
4	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sums	nmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 pension	cc
6	pension	pension	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tax	conj
7	withheld	withhold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	10 payment	case
9	to	to	ADP	_	8 prior	fixed
10	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 withheld	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	withhold	past	Sums such tax and pension					prior payment	tree rules

Option 3

Penalties imposed for late arrival at work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Penalties	penalty	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	imposed	impose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Penalties	acl
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 arrival	case
4	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 arrival	amod
5	arrival	arrival	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 imposed	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 work	case
7	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arrival	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	impose	participle		Penalties not said here				for late arrival at work	vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Charges levied by the bank for holding the account

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Charges	charge	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	levied	levy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Charges	acl
3	by	by	ADP	_	5 bank	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bank	det
5	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 levied	obl
6	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 holding	mark
7	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 levied	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 account	det
9	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 holding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	levy	participle		Charges not said here				by the bank	tree rules
2	hold	gerund		the account					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Theme

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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