Exam question 3 · Mum's card: game money is real money

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the use of a parent's payment card without consent?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris, use · To what, where: use, payment card

This is exam question 3 of lesson 414 «Mum's card: game money is real 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	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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 use	det
10	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	16 card	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 parent	det
13	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 card	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 parent	case
15	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 card	compound
16	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 use	nmod
17	without	without	ADP	_	18 consent	case
18	consent	consent	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
19	?	?	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	the use of a parent's payment card	of the following statements; without consent; accurately property	tree rules
3	use		a parent's payment card		nom use «act 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

It is permissible where the sum is small

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 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 small	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sum	det
6	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 small	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 small	cop
8	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 permissible	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					permissible property	tree rules
2	is	present	the sum					small property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes the taking of that parent's money

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	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 taking	det
4	taking	taking	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 money	case
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 parent	det
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 money	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 parent	case
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 taking	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	the taking of that parent's money					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme taking=Pivot
2	take			that parent's money					nom taking «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

It is permissible where a refund is likely

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 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 likely	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 refund	det
6	refund	refund	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 likely	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 likely	cop
8	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 permissible	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					permissible property	tree rules
2	is	present	a refund					likely property	tree rules

Option 4

It is permissible where the card is saved on the device

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 permissible	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 permissible	cop
3	permissible	permissible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	8 saved	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 card	det
6	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saved	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 saved	aux:pass
8	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 permissible	advcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 device	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 device	det
11	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 saved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					permissible property	tree rules
2	save	present · passive		the card		the device			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme on device=Source

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