Exam question 4 · When money is tight

Ascertain the definition of a household budget.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, define · To what, where: definition, household budget

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 definition	det
3	definition	definition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 budget	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 budget	det
6	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 budget	compound
7	budget	budget	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 definition	nmod
8	.	.	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 definition of a household budget					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent definition=Topic
2	define			a household budget					nom definition «communication 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

A tax payable upon household goods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 payable	det
2	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 payable	compound
3	payable	payable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 goods	case
5	household	household	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 goods	compound
6	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 payable	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

A loan obtained for the purchase of provisions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 loan	det
2	loan	loan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	obtained	obtain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 loan	acl
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 purchase	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 purchase	det
6	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 obtained	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 provisions	case
8	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 purchase	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	obtain	participle		a loan not said here				for the purchase of provisions	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent for purchase=Asset
2	purchase			provisions					nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A plan of income, necessary expenditure and the remainder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 plan	det
2	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 income	case
4	income	income	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 plan	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 expenditure	punct
6	necessary	necessary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 expenditure	amod
7	expenditure	expenditure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 plan	appos
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 remainder	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 remainder	det
10	remainder	remainder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 plan	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan			income					nom plan «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A record of interest accrued upon savings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 record	det
2	record	record	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 interest	case
4	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 record	nmod
5	accrued	accrue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 record	acl
6	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 savings	case
7	savings	savings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 accrued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accrue	participle		a record of interest not said here				upon savings	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	record			interest					nom record «communication transitive»: of=patient

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