Exam question 3 · What money is and why people accept it

Identify the principal consequence of a government issuing a greatly increased quantity of money whilst the quantity of goods remains unchanged.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal consequence · What happens: identify, issue, increase, remain · To what, where: increased quantity

This is exam question 3 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

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 consequence	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consequence	amod
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 remains	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 government	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 government	det
7	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consequence	nmod
8	issuing	issue	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 consequence	acl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 quantity	det
10	greatly	greatly	ADV	_	11 increased	advmod
11	increased	increase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 quantity	amod
12	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 issuing	obj
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 money	case
14	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 quantity	nmod
15	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	17 quantity	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 quantity	det
17	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 issuing	obl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 goods	case
19	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	17 quantity	nmod
20	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	ccomp
21	unchanged	unchanged	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 remains	xcomp
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	issue	gerund	the principal consequence of a government not said here	a increased quantity of money	whilst the quantity of goods	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location quantity=Theme
3	increase	participle			greatly property	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	remain	present	the principal consequence of a government		unchanged property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 automatic conversion of all banknotes into gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 conversion	det
2	automatic	automatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 conversion	amod
3	conversion	conversion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 banknotes	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 banknotes	det
6	banknotes	banknote	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 conversion	nmod
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 gold	case
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 banknotes	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	convert			all banknotes into gold					nom conversion «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A general rise in prices, such that no person is made richer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 rise	det
2	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 rise	amod
3	rise	rise	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 made	nsubj:pass
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 prices	case
5	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 rise	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 person	punct
7	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	10 person	case
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 such	fixed
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 person	det
10	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rise	conj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 made	aux:pass
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
13	richer	rich	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		a general rise in prices and no person				rich property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 3

No alteration whatsoever in prices or in wealth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 alteration	det
2	alteration	alteration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 alteration	advmod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 prices	case
5	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 alteration	nmod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 wealth	cc
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 wealth	case
8	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prices	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

A general fall in prices, such that all persons are made richer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fall	det
2	general	general	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fall	amod
3	fall	fall	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 prices	case
5	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fall	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 made	punct
7	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	12 made	mark
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 made	mark
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 persons	det
10	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 made	nsubj:pass
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 made	aux:pass
12	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 fall	acl
13	richer	rich	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	12 made	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive	a general fall in prices not said here	all persons				rich property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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