Exam question 2 · Pocket money, saving and spending

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a «buy one get one free» offer?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, buy, get · To what, where: buy offer, one

This is exam question 2 of lesson 261 «Pocket money, saving and spending» of the everyday 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 offer	det
10	«	«	PUNCT	_	11 buy	punct
11	buy	buy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	17 offer	compound
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 buy	obj
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 buy	xcomp
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 free	nummod
15	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 get	xcomp
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 buy	punct
17	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present	a buy offer	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	buy in a quote	infinitive	one		tree rules
4	get in a quote	infinitive		free property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=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

It always halves the price of everything in the basket

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 halves	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 halves	advmod
3	halves	halve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 price	det
5	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 halves	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 everything	case
7	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	5 price	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 basket	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 basket	det
10	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 halves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	halve	present	It	the price of everything		the basket		always property	vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent price=Patient

Option 2

It is invariably a bargain

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	5 bargain	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bargain	cop
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	5 bargain	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bargain	det
5	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a bargain				invariably property	tree rules

Option 3

It is a bargain if the shop says so

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	4 bargain	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bargain	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bargain	det
4	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 says	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 shop	det
7	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bargain	advcl
9	so	so	ADV	_	8 says	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a bargain					tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the shop						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

It is a bargain only if both items will be used

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	4 bargain	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bargain	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bargain	det
4	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	only	only	ADV	_	11 used	advmod
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 used	mark
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 items	det
8	items	item	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 used	nsubj:pass
9	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 used	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 used	aux:pass
11	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 bargain	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a bargain					tree rules
2	use a condition, not said to happen	future · passive		both items					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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