Exam question 4 · Paying for a home and the bills

Ascertain the purpose of an insurance policy in respect of a household.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, insurance policy · What happens: ascertain, purpose, respect · To what, where: purpose, household

This is exam question 4 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	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	of	of	ADP	_	7 policy	case
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 policy	det
6	insurance	insurance	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 policy	compound
7	policy	policy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 purpose	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 respect	case
9	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 policy	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 household	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 household	det
12	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 respect	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the purpose of a insurance policy in respect of a household	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic
2	purpose		a insurance policy in respect of a household		nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent
3	respect			a household	nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

To reduce the quantity of energy consumed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 reduce	mark
2	reduce	reduce	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 quantity	det
4	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduce	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 energy	case
6	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 quantity	nmod
7	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 reduce	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	to-infinitive		the quantity of energy					vn limit-76 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Causer quantity=Patient clause=Goal
2	consume	participle							vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

To accumulate savings towards a future house deposit for the household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 accumulate	mark
2	accumulate	accumulate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	savings	savings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 accumulate	obj
4	towards	towards	ADP	_	8 deposit	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 deposit	det
6	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 deposit	amod
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deposit	compound
8	deposit	deposit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 accumulate	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 household	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 household	det
11	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 deposit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accumulate	to-infinitive		savings				towards a future house deposit for the household	vn herd-47.5.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent savings=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To share risk, so that losses from misfortune are largely covered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 share	mark
2	share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	risk	risk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 share	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 covered	punct
5	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	12 covered	mark
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 so	fixed
7	losses	loss	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 covered	nsubj:pass
8	from	from	ADP	_	9 misfortune	case
9	misfortune	misfortune	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 losses	nmod
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 covered	aux:pass
11	largely	largely	ADV	_	12 covered	advmod
12	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 share	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	to-infinitive		risk					tree rules
2	cover	present · passive		losses from misfortune				largely property	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Destination

Option 4

To discharge the monthly rent owed to a landlord

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 discharge	mark
2	discharge	discharge	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rent	det
4	monthly	monthly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 rent	amod
5	rent	rent	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 discharge	obj
6	owed	owe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 rent	acl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 landlord	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 landlord	det
9	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 owed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discharge	to-infinitive		the monthly rent					vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rent=Theme
2	owe	participle		the monthly rent not said here				to a landlord goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to landlord=Goal

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