Exam question 2 · Taking care of your things and money

Identify the definition of a budget.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, define · To what, where: definition, budget

This is exam question 2 of lesson 37 «Taking care of your things and money» 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	3 definition	det
3	definition	definition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 budget	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 budget	det
6	budget	budget	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 definition	nmod
7	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the definition of a budget					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent definition=Theme
2	define			a 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

A record of money already lost

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 money	case
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 record	nmod
5	already	already	ADV	_	6 lost	advmod
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 money	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle		money not said here					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	record			money					nom record «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A list of things one wishes to buy at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 list	det
2	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wishes	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 things	case
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 list	nmod
5	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 wishes	nsubj
6	wishes	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 buy	mark
8	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wishes	xcomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 buy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wish	present	a list of things		vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	buy not said to happen	to-infinitive	a list of things not said here		vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	list			things	nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A sum of money lent by a bank without charge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sum	det
2	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 money	case
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sum	nmod
5	lent	lend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 sum	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 bank	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bank	det
8	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lent	obl
9	without	without	ADP	_	10 charge	case
10	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lend	participle		a sum of money not said here				by a bank; without charge	vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
2	sum			money					nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient

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

A plan for the manner in which money is to be spent and saved

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	12 spent	nsubj:pass
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 manner	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 manner	det
5	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 plan	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 money	case
7	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	8 money	det
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 manner	nmod
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 spent	aux:pass
10	to	to	PART	_	12 spent	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 spent	aux:pass
12	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 saved	cc
14	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 spent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	present · passive		a plan for the manner in which money					vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset
2	save	participle							vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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