Exam question 3 · Paying for a home and the bills

Select the statement consistent with the established facts concerning payment by direct debit.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts, direct debit · What happens: select, establish, concern, pay · To what, where: statement, payment

This is exam question 3 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 statement	det
3	statement	statement	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 debit	case
12	direct	direct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 debit	amod
13	debit	debit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 payment	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the statement	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	payment	by direct debit	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus payment=Experiencer
4	pay		direct debit			nom payment «possession transitive»: by=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

Payment requires the attendance of the account holder in person at the bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	nsubj
2	requires	require	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 attendance	det
4	attendance	attendance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 holder	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 holder	det
7	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 holder	compound
8	holder	holder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attendance	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 person	case
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 holder	nmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 bank	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bank	det
13	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 requires	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	require	present	Payment	the attendance of the account holder in person		the bank			vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attendance=Precondition
2	attend			the account holder in person					nom attendance «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

The bill is settled by the service provider itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bill	det
2	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 settled	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 settled	aux:pass
4	settled	settle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	8 provider	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 provider	det
7	service	service	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 provider	compound
8	provider	provider	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 settled	obl
9	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes	8 provider	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	settle	present · passive	the service provider bill	the bill					vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme subject=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Sums are withdrawn automatically, provided sufficient funds exist

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sums	sum	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 withdrawn	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 withdrawn	aux:pass
3	withdrawn	withdraw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	automatically	automatically	ADV	_	3 withdrawn	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 provided	punct
6	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 withdrawn	conj
7	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 funds	amod
8	funds	fund	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 exist	nsubj
9	exist	exist	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 provided	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	withdraw	present · passive		Sums	automatically property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	provide	past				vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
3	exist	present	sufficient funds			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Payment is made solely in cash at a post office

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 made	aux:pass
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	solely	solely	ADV	_	3 made	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 cash	case
6	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 office	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 office	det
9	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 office	compound
10	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		Payment		cash		at a post office; solely property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

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