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Exam question 2 · Prices and change at the till

It is given that a beverage is priced at one pound twenty pence and a packet of crisps at eighty-five pence. Determine whether a sum of two pounds suffices for the purchase of both.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, sum · What happens: give, price, determine, suffice, sum · To what, where: It, beverage, one pound, two pounds

This is exam question 2 of lesson 11 «Prices and change at the till» 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 a beverage is priced at one pound twenty pence and a packet of crisps at eighty-five pence.

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	_	8 priced	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 beverage	det
6	beverage	beverage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 priced	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 priced	aux:pass
8	priced	price	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 pound	case
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 pound	nummod
11	pound	pound	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 priced	obl
12	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 pence	nummod
13	pence	pence	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 pound	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 packet	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 packet	det
16	packet	packet	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pound	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 crisps	case
18	crisps	crisp	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 packet	nmod
19	at	at	ADP	_	23 pence	case
20	eighty	eighty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	22 five	compound
21	-	-	PUNCT	_	20 eighty	punct
22	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 pence	nummod
23	pence	pence	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 priced	obl
24	.	.	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	price	present · passive		a beverage		one pound and a packet of crisps		at five pence	vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at pound=Value

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 whether a sum of two pounds suffices for the purchase of both.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Determine	determine	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	8 suffices	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sum	det
4	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 suffices	nsubj
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 pounds	case
6	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 pounds	nummod
7	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sum	nmod
8	suffices	suffice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Determine	advcl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 purchase	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 purchase	det
11	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 suffices	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 both	case
13	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	11 purchase	nmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Determine	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	imperative	you not said here						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	suffice	present	a sum of two pounds					for the purchase of both	tree rules
3	sum			two pounds					nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient

The options

Option 1

It does, precisely and without remainder

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 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 precisely	punct
4	precisely	precisely	ADV	_	2 does	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 remainder	cc
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 remainder	case
7	remainder	remainder	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 precisely	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	It					precisely property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It does not, being insufficient by fifteen pence

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 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 does	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 insufficient	punct
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 insufficient	cop
6	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 does	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 pence	case
8	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 pence	nummod
9	pence	pence	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 insufficient	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	present	It						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	gerund						by fifteen pence; insufficient property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It does not, being insufficient by five pence

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 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 does	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 insufficient	punct
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 insufficient	cop
6	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 does	conj
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 pence	case
8	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 pence	nummod
9	pence	pence	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 insufficient	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	present	It						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	gerund						by five pence; insufficient property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

It does, leaving five pence as change

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 does	nsubj
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 leaving	punct
4	leaving	leave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 does	advcl
5	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 pence	nummod
6	pence	pence	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 leaving	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 change	case
8	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leaving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	It						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	leave	gerund		five pence				as change	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pence=Theme

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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