Exam question 2 · Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play

Identify the principal reason for which a weekly sum of money ought to be planned.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, plan, sum · To what, where: principal reason, weekly sum, money

This is exam question 2 of lesson 293 «Being kind to yourself, money, screens and fair play» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 reason	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 reason	amod
4	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 planned	obl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sum	det
8	weekly	weekly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sum	amod
9	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 planned	nsubj:pass
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 money	case
11	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sum	nmod
12	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 planned	aux
13	to	to	PART	_	15 planned	mark
14	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 planned	aux:pass
15	planned	plan	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 reason	acl:relcl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal reason		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme
2	plan	ought · passive	you not said here	a weekly sum of money	for the principal reason	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic
3	sum			money		nom sum «possession 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 · ✓ the right answer

Money spent on the first day cannot be spent later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 spent	nsubj:pass
2	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Money	acl
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 day	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 day	det
5	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 day	amod
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spent	obl
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 spent	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 spent	advmod
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 spent	aux:pass
10	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	10 spent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	participle		Money not said here			day		vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	not spend	can · passive		Money				late property	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 2

Money must be spent before the week ends, or it is taken back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spent	nsubj:pass
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 spent	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 spent	aux:pass
4	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 ends	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 week	det
7	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ends	nsubj
8	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 spent	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 taken	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 taken	cc
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 taken	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 taken	aux:pass
13	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 spent	conj
14	back	back	ADV	_	13 taken	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	spend	must · passive		Money	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
2	end	present	the week		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	take back	present · passive		it	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Planning doubles the sum available

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Planning	planning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 doubles	nsubj
2	doubles	double	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sum	det
4	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 doubles	obj
5	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 doubles	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	double	present	Planning	the sum				available property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent sum=Patient

Option 4

Money loses its value after one day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loses	nsubj
2	loses	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 value	nmod:poss
4	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loses	obj
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 day	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 day	nummod
7	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 loses	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present	Money	Money's value			day		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent value=Eventuality
2	value		Money						nom value «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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