Exam question 4 · Money, work and the big choices

Ascertain the purpose served by the taxation deducted from an employee's earnings.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, serve, deduct · To what, where: purpose, taxation, earnings

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	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 Ascertain	obj
4	served	serve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 purpose	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 taxation	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 taxation	det
7	taxation	taxation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 served	obl
8	deducted	deduct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 taxation	acl
9	from	from	ADP	_	13 earnings	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 employee	det
11	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 earnings	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 employee	case
13	earnings	earning	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 deducted	obl
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the purpose			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic
2	serve	participle		the purpose not said here		by the taxation	vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent
3	deduct	participle		the taxation not said here	a employee's earnings		vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from earning=Source

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

The funding of public services such as schools and hospitals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 funding	det
2	funding	funding	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 services	case
4	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 services	amod
5	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 funding	nmod
6	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	8 schools	case
7	as	as	ADP	_	6 such	fixed
8	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 services	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hospitals	cc
10	hospitals	hospital	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 schools	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fund			public services such schools and hospitals					nom funding «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The purchase of the employee's travel to work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 purchase	det
2	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 travel	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 employee	det
5	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 travel	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 employee	case
7	travel	travel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 purchase	nmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 work	mark
9	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 purchase	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	work	to-infinitive			vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	purchase			the employee's travel	nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient
3	travel		the employee		nom travel «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

The payment of the employee's own pension in full

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 payment	det
2	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 pension	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 employee	det
5	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pension	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 employee	case
7	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pension	amod
8	pension	pension	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 payment	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 full	case
10	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 payment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay			the employee's own pension					nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient
2	pension		the employee						nom pension «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The enlargement of the employer's personal income and of the company's profits

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 enlargement	det
2	enlargement	enlargement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	8 income	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 employer	det
5	employer	employer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 income	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 employer	case
7	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 income	amod
8	income	income	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enlargement	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 profits	cc
10	of	of	ADP	_	14 profits	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 company	det
12	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 profits	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 company	case
14	profits	profit	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 enlargement	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enlarge			the employer's personal income					nom enlargement «act transitive»: of=patient
2	profit		the company						nom profit «possession intransitive»: poss=agent

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