Exam question 2 · Shops, restaurants and libraries

Whereas a cashier has tendered change in excess of the sum due, identify the course of action consistent with honesty.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: tender, identify · To what, where: cashier, excess, course

This is exam question 2 of lesson 273 «Shops, restaurants and libraries» 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	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	5 tendered	mark
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cashier	det
3	cashier	cashier	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tendered	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 tendered	aux
5	tendered	tender	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 identify	advcl
6	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tendered	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 excess	case
8	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tendered	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 sum	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sum	det
11	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 excess	nmod
12	due	due	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tendered	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tendered	punct
14	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 course	det
16	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 identify	obj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 action	case
18	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 course	nmod
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 action	amod
20	with	with	ADP	_	21 honesty	case
21	honesty	honesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 consistent	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tender	present · perfect · passive		a cashier		excess of the sum		due property	tree rules
2	identify	imperative	you not said here	the course of action					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=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 excess shall be spent before leaving the premises of the shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 excess	det
2	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spent	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 spent	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 spent	aux:pass
5	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 leaving	mark
7	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 spent	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 premises	det
9	premises	premise	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 leaving	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 shop	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 shop	det
12	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 premises	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	spend	shall · passive	the excess	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
2	leave	gerund	the premises of the shop	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent premise=Theme
3	premise		the shop	nom premise «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The excess shall be declared and returned to the cashier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 excess	det
2	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 declared	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 declared	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 declared	aux:pass
5	declared	declare	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 returned	cc
7	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 declared	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 cashier	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cashier	det
10	cashier	cashier	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 returned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	declare speech: other	shall · passive		the excess					vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute
2	return	participle						to the cashier result	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to cashier=Result

Option 3

The excess may be retained as the cashier's own error

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 excess	det
2	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 retained	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 retained	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 retained	aux:pass
5	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	as	as	ADP	_	11 error	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 cashier	det
8	cashier	cashier	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 error	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 cashier	case
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 error	amod
11	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 retained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	may · passive		the excess				as the cashier's own error	tree rules
2	err		the cashier						nom error «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

The excess shall be placed in a charity box

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 excess	det
2	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 placed	nsubj:pass
3	shall	shall	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 placed	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 placed	aux:pass
5	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 box	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 box	det
8	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 box	compound
9	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	shall · passive		the excess		a charity box			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in box=Destination

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