Exam question 4 · Borrowing and debt

Ascertain the most prudent course of action for a household in receipt of a final demand which it is unable to settle.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, final demand · What happens: ascertain, be, settle, receipt · To what, where: prudent course, receipt, final demand

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 course	det
3	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	4 prudent	advmod
4	prudent	prudent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 course	amod
5	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 action	case
7	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 course	nmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 household	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 household	det
10	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 receipt	case
12	receipt	receipt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obl
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 demand	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 demand	det
15	final	final	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 demand	amod
16	demand	demand	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 receipt	nmod
17	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 unable	nsubj
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 unable	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 unable	cop
20	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 demand	acl:relcl
21	to	to	PART	_	22 settle	mark
22	settle	settle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 unable	xcomp
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the prudent course of action	receipt of a final demand	for a household	vn ensure-99 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Precondition course=Theme for household=Beneficiary
2	is	present	a final demand			unable property	tree rules
3	settle	to-infinitive	a final demand not said here				vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	receipt			a final demand			nom receipt «act 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 obtain a payday loan of the highest available sum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 obtain	mark
2	obtain	obtain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 loan	det
4	payday	payday	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loan	compound
5	loan	loan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 obtain	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 sum	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sum	det
8	highest	high	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 sum	amod
9	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sum	amod
10	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loan	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	to-infinitive		a payday loan of the highest available sum					vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset loan=Theme
2	loan			the highest available sum					nom loan «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

To disregard the correspondence until further notice is received

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 disregard	mark
2	disregard	disregard	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 correspondence	det
4	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 disregard	obj
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 received	mark
6	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 notice	amod
7	notice	notice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 received	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 received	aux:pass
9	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 disregard	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	disregard	to-infinitive		the correspondence					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent correspondence=Theme
2	receive	present · passive		further notice					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

To conceal the correspondence from all other persons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 conceal	mark
2	conceal	conceal	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 correspondence	det
4	correspondence	correspondence	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 conceal	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 persons	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 persons	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 persons	amod
8	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 conceal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	conceal	to-infinitive		the correspondence				from all other persons	vn concealment-16 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent correspondence=Patient from person=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To seek free advice from a debt charity without delay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 seek	mark
2	seek	seek	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 advice	amod
4	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seek	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 charity	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 charity	det
7	debt	debt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 charity	compound
8	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seek	obl
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 delay	case
10	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 seek	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seek	to-infinitive		free advice		a debt charity		without delay	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Theme

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