Exam question 1 · Paying for a home and the bills

Identify the principal consequence where a household ceases to remit mortgage repayments over a prolonged period.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, household · What happens: identify, cease, remit, prolong · To what, where: principal consequence, mortgage repayments, prolonged period

This is exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Paying for a home and the bills» 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	4 consequence	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consequence	amod
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 ceases	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 household	det
7	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ceases	nsubj
8	ceases	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 consequence	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 remit	mark
10	remit	remit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 ceases	xcomp
11	mortgage	mortgage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 repayments	compound
12	repayments	repayment	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 remit	obj
13	over	over	ADP	_	16 period	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 period	det
15	prolonged	prolong	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 period	amod
16	period	period	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 remit	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal consequence		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent consequence=Theme
2	cease	present	a household			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	remit	to-infinitive	a household not said here	mortgage repayments	a prolonged period	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent repayment=Theme
4	prolong	participle				vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=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 debt is simply cancelled after six months

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 debt	det
2	debt	debt	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cancelled	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 cancelled	aux:pass
4	simply	simply	ADV	_	5 cancelled	advmod
5	cancelled	cancel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 months	case
7	six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 months	nummod
8	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 cancelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cancel	present · passive		the debt			month	simply property	tree rules

Option 2

The council assumes ownership of the dwelling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 council	det
2	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 assumes	nsubj
3	assumes	assume	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ownership	ownership	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 assumes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 dwelling	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dwelling	det
7	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ownership	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	assume	present	the council	ownership of the dwelling					vn adopt-93.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ownership=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The lending bank may repossess the dwelling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bank	det
2	lending	lending	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bank	compound
3	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 repossess	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 repossess	aux
5	repossess	repossess	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dwelling	det
7	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 repossess	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	repossess	may	the lending bank	the dwelling					vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dwelling=Theme

Option 4

The landlord becomes liable for the whole loan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 landlord	det
2	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 becomes	nsubj
3	becomes	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	liable	liable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 becomes	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 loan	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 loan	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 loan	amod
8	loan	loan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 liable	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	present	the landlord					liable property	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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