Exam question 3 · When money is tight

Select the statement consistent with the established facts concerning food banks.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: statement, food banks

This is exam question 3 of lesson 9 «When money is tight» 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	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 banks	compound
11	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 concerning	obj
12	.	.	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	food banks		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bank=Experiencer

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

They are open exclusively to persons without a dwelling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 open	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 open	cop
3	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 open	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 persons	case
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 open	obl
7	without	without	ADP	_	9 dwelling	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 dwelling	det
9	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 open	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	They					to persons; without a dwelling; exclusively, open property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Charities providing food to households in need, frequently upon referral

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Charities	charity	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	providing	provide	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Charities	acl
3	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 providing	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 households	case
5	households	household	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 providing	obl
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 need	case
7	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 providing	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 referral	punct
9	frequently	frequently	ADV	_	11 referral	advmod
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	11 referral	case
11	referral	referral	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Charities	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	provide	gerund	Charities and referral not said here	food	households	need			vn fulfilling-13.4.1-2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Theme to household=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They are financial institutions which lend money for the purchase of groceries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 institutions	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 institutions	cop
3	financial	financial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 institutions	amod
4	institutions	institution	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 lend	nsubj
6	lend	lend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 institutions	acl:relcl
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lend	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 purchase	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 purchase	det
10	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lend	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 groceries	case
12	groceries	grocery	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 purchase	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	They	financial institutions		tree rules
2	lend	present	financial institutions	money	for the purchase of groceries	vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
3	purchase			groceries		nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

They sell foodstuffs at full price to all persons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sell	nsubj
2	sell	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	foodstuffs	foodstuff	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sell	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 price	case
5	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 price	amod
6	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sell	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 persons	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 persons	det
9	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present	They	foodstuffs	all persons	full price			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent foodstuff=Theme at price=Asset to person=Recipient

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