Exam question 4 · What money is and why people accept it

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the basis of the value of modern banknotes.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, value · To what, where: response, basis, modern banknotes

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 basis	det
11	basis	basis	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 value	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 value	det
14	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 basis	nmod
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 banknotes	case
16	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 banknotes	amod
17	banknotes	banknote	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 value	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	the basis of the value of modern banknotes		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus basis=Experiencer
4	value			modern banknotes		nom value «cognition 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

Their value rests upon public trust and the authority of the government

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 value	nmod:poss
2	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rests	nsubj
3	rests	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 trust	case
5	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 trust	amod
6	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rests	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 authority	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 authority	det
9	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trust	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 government	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 government	det
12	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 authority	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	present	Their value			public trust and the authority of the government			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon trust=Location
2	value		Their = they						nom value «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Their value rests upon the quantity of gold held in a vault for each note

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 value	nmod:poss
2	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rests	nsubj
3	rests	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 quantity	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 quantity	det
6	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rests	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 gold	case
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 quantity	nmod
9	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 gold	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 vault	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 vault	det
12	vault	vault	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 held	obl
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 note	case
14	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	15 note	det
15	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 vault	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	rest	present	Their value		the quantity of gold	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon quantity=Location
2	hold	participle		gold not said here	a vault for each note	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in vault=Location
3	value		Their = they			nom value «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Their value rests upon the personal wealth of the monarch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 value	nmod:poss
2	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rests	nsubj
3	rests	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 wealth	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wealth	det
6	personal	personal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wealth	amod
7	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rests	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 monarch	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 monarch	det
10	monarch	monarch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wealth	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	present	Their value			the personal wealth of the monarch			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon wealth=Location
2	value		Their = they						nom value «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Their value rests upon the cost of the paper and ink employed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 value	nmod:poss
2	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rests	nsubj
3	rests	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 cost	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cost	det
6	cost	cost	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 rests	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 paper	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 paper	det
9	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cost	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 ink	cc
11	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 paper	conj
12	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 paper	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	rest	present	Their value		the cost of the paper and ink	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon cost=Location
2	employ	participle		the paper and ink not said here		vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	value		Their = they			nom value «cognition transitive»: poss=agent
4	cost			the paper and ink		nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient

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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