Exam question 2 · Borrowing and debt

Identify the principal function of a credit score.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: principal function

This is exam question 2 of lesson 8 «Borrowing and debt» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 function	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 function	amod
4	function	function	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 score	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 score	det
7	credit	credit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 score	compound
8	score	score	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 function	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal function of a credit score					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent function=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To indicate the reliability with which an individual has discharged past debts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 indicate	mark
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reliability	det
4	reliability	reliability	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicate	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 discharged	obl
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 individual	det
8	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 discharged	nsubj:pass
9	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 discharged	aux
10	discharged	discharge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reliability	acl:relcl
11	past	past	ADP	_	12 debts	case
12	debts	debt	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 discharged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	to-infinitive		the reliability					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot reliability=Topic
2	discharge	present · perfect · passive		a individual				with the reliability; past debts	vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

To record the aggregate savings held by an individual in all accounts across the country

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 record	mark
2	record	record	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 savings	det
4	aggregate	aggregate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 savings	compound
5	savings	savings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 record	obj
6	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 savings	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 individual	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 individual	det
9	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 held	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 accounts	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 accounts	det
12	accounts	account	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 record	obl
13	across	across	ADP	_	15 country	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 country	det
15	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 record	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	record	to-infinitive		the aggregate savings		all accounts		across the country	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent savings=Theme in account=Destination
2	hold	participle		the aggregate savings not said here				by a individual	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by individual=Location

Option 3

To determine the council tax payable by a household

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 determine	mark
2	determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 payable	det
4	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tax	compound
5	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 payable	compound
6	payable	payable	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 determine	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 household	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 household	det
9	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 determine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	to-infinitive		the tax payable				by a household	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent payable=Topic

Option 4

To state the salary received by an individual

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 state	mark
2	state	state	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 salary	det
4	salary	salary	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 state	obj
5	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 salary	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 individual	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 individual	det
8	individual	individual	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 received	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	state speech: other	to-infinitive		the salary					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent salary=Topic
2	receive	participle		the salary not said here				by a individual	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by individual=Location

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