Exam question 4 · Cards, banks and apps

Select the statement consistent with the established facts concerning a recurring subscription.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, recur · To what, where: statement, recurring subscription

This is exam question 4 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

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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 subscription	det
11	recurring	recur	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 subscription	amod
12	subscription	subscription	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
13	.	.	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	a recurring subscription		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subscription=Experiencer
4	recur	gerund				vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

It is settled exclusively in cash at the point of sale

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 settled	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 settled	aux:pass
3	settled	settle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 settled	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 cash	case
6	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 settled	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 point	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 point	det
9	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 settled	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 sale	case
11	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 point	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	settle	present · passive		It		cash		at the point of sale; exclusively property	vn odge-46-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in cash=Location
2	point			sale					nom point «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Payments cease automatically after a single month has elapsed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Payments	payment	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cease	nsubj
2	cease	cease	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	automatically	automatically	ADV	_	2 cease	advmod
4	after	after	SCONJ	_	9 elapsed	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 month	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 month	amod
7	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 elapsed	nsubj:pass
8	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 elapsed	aux
9	elapsed	elapse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 cease	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cease	present	Payments					automatically property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	elapse	present · perfect · passive		a single month					tree rules

Option 3

The provider is obliged to refund all payments

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 provider	det
2	provider	provider	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 obliged	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 obliged	aux:pass
4	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 refund	mark
6	refund	refund	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 obliged	xcomp
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 payments	det
8	payments	payment	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 refund	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oblige	present · passive		the provider					vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
2	refund	to-infinitive		all payments					vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent payment=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Payments continue until the subscription is cancelled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Payments	payment	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 continue	nsubj
2	continue	continue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 cancelled	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 subscription	det
5	subscription	subscription	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cancelled	nsubj:pass
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cancelled	aux:pass
7	cancelled	cancel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 continue	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	continue	present	Payments						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	cancel	present · passive		the subscription					tree rules

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