Exam question 2 · Paying for a home and the bills

Which of the following most accurately characterises council tax?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, be

This is exam question 2 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 tax	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	9 tax	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 tax	det
4	following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 tax	case
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	9 tax	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 tax	cop
8	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tax	compound
9	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 tax	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present						of the council tax; accurately property	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

A premium remitted to an insurer annually

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 premium	det
2	premium	premium	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	remitted	remit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 premium	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 insurer	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 insurer	det
6	insurer	insurer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remitted	obl
7	annually	annually	ADV	_	3 remitted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remit	participle		a premium not said here	a insurer			annually property	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to insurer=Recipient

Option 2

A payment to a landlord for the occupation of a rented dwelling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 payment	det
2	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 landlord	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 landlord	det
5	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 payment	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 occupation	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 occupation	det
8	occupation	occupation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 payment	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	12 dwelling	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dwelling	det
11	rented	rent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 dwelling	amod
12	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 occupation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rent	participle							vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
2	occupy			a rented dwelling					nom occupation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A charge levied on each household to fund local services

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 charge	det
2	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	levied	levy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 charge	acl
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 household	case
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	6 household	det
6	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 levied	obl:agent
7	to	to	PART	_	8 fund	mark
8	fund	fund	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 levied	advcl
9	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 services	amod
10	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 fund	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	levy	participle		a charge not said here					tree rules
2	fund	to-infinitive		local services					tree rules

Option 4

A charge for the consumption of gas and electricity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 charge	det
2	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 consumption	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 consumption	det
5	consumption	consumption	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 charge	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 gas	case
7	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consumption	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 electricity	cc
9	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 consumption	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume			gas					nom consumption «act transitive»: of=patient

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