Exam question 3 · Where money comes from

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning National Insurance.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts · What happens: select, be, establish, concern · To what, where: response, National Insurance

This is exam question 3 of lesson 5 «Where money comes from» 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	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	National	National	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 Insurance	flat
13	Insurance	Insurance	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
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	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	National Insurance		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus insurance=Experiencer

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

A deduction from pay which establishes entitlement to a state pension and certain benefits

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 deduction	det
2	deduction	deduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 pay	case
4	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 deduction	nmod
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 establishes	nsubj
6	establishes	establish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 deduction	acl:relcl
7	entitlement	entitlement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 establishes	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 pension	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pension	det
10	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pension	compound
11	pension	pension	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 establishes	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 benefits	cc
13	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 benefits	amod
14	benefits	benefit	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 pension	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	present	a deduction from pay	entitlement				to a state pension and certain benefits	vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent entitlement=Patient

Option 2

It is a policy insuring the employee's motor vehicle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 policy	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 policy	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 policy	det
4	policy	policy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	insuring	insure	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 policy	acl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 employee	det
7	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 vehicle	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 employee	case
9	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 vehicle	compound
10	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 insuring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a policy					tree rules
2	insure	gerund	a policy not said here	the employee's motor vehicle					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vehicle=Beneficiary

Option 3

It is a sum paid by the state to all employees annually

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sum	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 sum	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sum	det
4	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sum	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 state	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 state	det
8	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paid	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 employees	case
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 employees	det
11	employees	employee	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 paid	obl:agent
12	annually	annually	ADV	_	5 paid	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a sum					tree rules
2	pay	participle		a sum not said here				by the state; annually property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It is a deduction from pay which is returned in full to every employee each December

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 deduction	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 deduction	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 deduction	det
4	deduction	deduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 pay	case
6	pay	pay	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deduction	nmod
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 returned	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 returned	aux:pass
9	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 deduction	acl:relcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 full	case
11	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 returned	obl
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 employee	case
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 employee	det
14	employee	employee	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 returned	obl
15	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	16 December	det
16	December	December	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a deduction		pay			tree rules
2	return	present · passive		a deduction		full	december	to every employee	vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme to employee=Destination

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