Exam question 4 · Prices and change at the till

Identify the course of action most consistent with honesty where change in excess of the correct amount is received.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, receive · To what, where: course, change

This is exam question 4 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

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	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 consistent	advmod
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 action	amod
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 honesty	case
9	honesty	honesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consistent	obl
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	19 received	advmod
11	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 received	nsubj
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 excess	case
13	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 change	nmod
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 amount	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 amount	det
16	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 amount	amod
17	amount	amount	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 excess	nmod
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 received	aux:pass
19	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 honesty	acl:relcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the course of action					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
2	receive	present · passive		change in excess of the correct amount					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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

Departing the premises with expedition

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Departing	depart	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 premises	det
3	premises	premise	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Departing	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 expedition	case
5	expedition	expedition	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Departing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	depart	gerund		the premises				with expedition	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme premise=Initial_Location

Option 2

Requesting a further sum from the cashier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Requesting	request	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sum	det
3	further	further	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sum	amod
4	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Requesting	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 cashier	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cashier	det
7	cashier	cashier	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Requesting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	request	gerund		a further sum		the cashier			vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent sum=Recipient

Option 3

Retaining the excess without any remark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Retaining	retain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 excess	det
3	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Retaining	obj
4	without	without	ADP	_	6 remark	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 remark	det
6	remark	remark	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Retaining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	gerund		the excess				without any remark	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Informing the cashier of the excess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Informing	inform	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cashier	det
3	cashier	cashier	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Informing	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 excess	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 excess	det
6	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cashier	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	inform speech: other	gerund		the cashier of the excess					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cashier=Recipient

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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