Exam question 1 · Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free, bundles

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an offer designated "three for the price of two"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: offer · What happens: follow, characteris, designate · To what, where: offer, three

This is exam question 1 of lesson 12 «Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free, bundles» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 offer	det
10	offer	offer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	designated	designate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 offer	acl
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 three	punct
13	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 designated	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 price	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 price	det
16	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 three	nmod
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 two	case
18	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 price	nmod
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 three	punct
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a offer	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	designate	participle	a offer not said here	three	for the price of two	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent three=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 right answer

Three articles are supplied whilst payment is made in respect of two only

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 articles	nummod
2	articles	article	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 supplied	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 supplied	aux:pass
4	supplied	supply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	8 made	mark
6	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 made	aux:pass
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 supplied	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 respect	case
10	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 two	case
12	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 respect	nmod
13	only	only	ADV	_	8 made	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	present · passive		Three articles					tree rules
2	make	present · passive		payment		respect of two			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 2

Three articles are supplied without any payment whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 articles	nummod
2	articles	article	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 supplied	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 supplied	aux:pass
4	supplied	supply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	without	without	ADP	_	7 payment	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 payment	det
7	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 supplied	obl
8	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	4 supplied	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	present · passive		Three articles				without any payment; whatsoever property	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient

Option 3

Two articles are supplied whilst payment is made in respect of three

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 articles	nummod
2	articles	article	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 supplied	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 supplied	aux:pass
4	supplied	supply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	8 made	mark
6	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 made	aux:pass
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 supplied	advcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 respect	case
10	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 three	case
12	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	present · passive		Two articles					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Recipient
2	make	present · passive		payment		respect of three			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 4

The price of every article is reduced by two pounds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 price	det
2	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 reduced	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 article	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 article	det
5	article	article	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 price	nmod
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 reduced	aux:pass
7	reduced	reduce	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 pounds	case
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 pounds	nummod
10	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 reduced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reduce	present · passive	two pounds	the price of every article					vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Patient

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