Exam question 2 · Regret, silly buys and peer pressure
It is given that the sum of ten pounds is expended upon an article enjoyed for two days only. Determine the cost per day of enjoyment.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: article, you · What happens: give, expend, enjoy, sum, determine · To what, where: It, sum, ten pounds, cost
This is exam question 2 of lesson 10 «Regret, silly buys and peer pressure» 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 the sum of ten pounds is expended upon an article enjoyed for two days only.
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 | SCONJ | _ | 11 expended | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sum | det |
| 6 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 expended | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 pounds | case |
| 8 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 pounds | nummod |
| 9 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sum | nmod |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 expended | aux:pass |
| 11 | expended | expend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 12 | upon | upon | SCONJ | _ | 15 enjoyed | mark |
| 13 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 article | det |
| 14 | article | article | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 enjoyed | nsubj |
| 15 | enjoyed | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 expended | advcl |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 days | case |
| 17 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 days | nummod |
| 18 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 enjoyed | obl |
| 19 | only | only | ADV | _ | 15 enjoyed | advmod |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | expend | present · passive | the sum of ten pounds | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | enjoy | past | a article | day | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | sum | ten pounds | nom sum «possession 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.
Sentence 2: Determine the cost per day of enjoyment.
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 cost | det |
| 3 | cost | cost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | per | per | ADP | _ | 5 day | case |
| 5 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cost | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 enjoyment | case |
| 7 | enjoyment | enjoyment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 day | nmod |
| 8 | . | . | 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 cost | per day of enjoyment | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cost=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Five pounds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 pounds | nummod |
| 2 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Ten pounds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 pounds | nummod |
| 2 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Twenty pounds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 pounds | nummod |
| 2 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Two pounds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 pounds | nummod |
| 2 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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