Exam question 2 · Cards, banks and apps
It is given that a sum of one hundred pounds is deposited at interest of three pounds per hundred per annum. Ascertain the balance at the conclusion of one year, no withdrawals having been made.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, withdrawals · What happens: give, deposit, sum, interest, ascertain, have · To what, where: It, sum, interest, hundred pounds, three pounds, balance
This is exam question 2 of lesson 7 «Cards, banks and apps» 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a sum of one hundred pounds is deposited at interest of three pounds per hundred per annum.
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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 deposited | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 sum | det |
| 6 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 deposited | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 pounds | case |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 hundred | compound |
| 9 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 pounds | nummod |
| 10 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sum | nmod |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 deposited | aux:pass |
| 12 | deposited | deposit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 interest | case |
| 14 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 deposited | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 pounds | case |
| 16 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 pounds | nummod |
| 17 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 interest | nmod |
| 18 | per | per | ADP | _ | 19 hundred | case |
| 19 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 pounds | nmod |
| 20 | per | per | ADP | _ | 21 annum | case |
| 21 | annum | annum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 hundred | nmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | deposit | present · passive | a sum of hundred pounds | interest of three pounds per hundred per annum | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at interest=Destination | ||||
| 3 | sum | hundred pounds | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 4 | interest | three pounds per hundred per annum | nom interest «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.
Sentence 2: Ascertain the balance at the conclusion of one year, no withdrawals having been made.
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 balance | det |
| 3 | balance | balance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 conclusion | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 conclusion | det |
| 6 | conclusion | conclusion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 year | case |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 year | nummod |
| 9 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 conclusion | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 withdrawals | punct |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 withdrawals | det |
| 12 | withdrawals | withdrawal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 conclusion | appos |
| 13 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 withdrawals | acl |
| 14 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 15 made | aux:pass |
| 15 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 having | xcomp |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ascertain | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ascertain | imperative | you not said here | the balance | the conclusion of one year | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balance=Topic | |||
| 2 | have | gerund | no withdrawals not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | make | participle · passive | no withdrawals not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» | |||||
| 4 | conclude | one year | nom conclusion «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
One hundred pounds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hundred | compound |
| 2 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 pounds | nummod |
| 3 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Three hundred pounds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hundred | compound |
| 2 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 pounds | nummod |
| 3 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
One hundred and three pounds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hundred | compound |
| 2 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 pounds | nummod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 three | cc |
| 4 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hundred | conj |
| 5 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Ninety-seven pounds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ninety | ninety | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 pounds | nummod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 seven | punct |
| 3 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Ninety | conj |
| 4 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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