Exam question 2 · What money is and why people accept it
It is given that confectionery is sold at one pound per bag. Determine the number of bags obtainable in exchange for a note of five pounds.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, sell, determine, note · To what, where: It, confectionery, one pound, number, five pounds
This is exam question 2 of lesson 1 «What money is and why people accept it» of the money 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
Sentence 1: It is given that confectionery is sold at one pound per bag.
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 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 confectionery | det |
| 5 | confectionery | confectionery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sold | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 sold | aux:pass |
| 7 | sold | sell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | ccomp |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 pound | case |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 pound | nummod |
| 10 | pound | pound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sold | obl |
| 11 | per | per | ADP | _ | 12 bag | case |
| 12 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 pound | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | sell | present · passive | that confectionery | one pound per bag | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme at pound=Asset |
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.
Sentence 2: Determine the number of bags obtainable in exchange for a note of five pounds.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 number | det |
| 3 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 bags | case |
| 5 | bags | bag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 number | nmod |
| 6 | obtainable | obtainable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bags | amod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 exchange | case |
| 8 | exchange | exchange | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 obtainable | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 note | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 note | det |
| 11 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 exchange | nmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 pounds | case |
| 13 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 pounds | nummod |
| 14 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 note | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the number of bags | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | ||||
| 2 | note | five pounds | nom note «communication transitive»: of=patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Five
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Ten
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Six
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Four
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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