Exam question 1 · Unit prices and sales that are not really sales

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "unit price"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: term

This is exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Unit prices and sales that are not really sales» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 term	det
10	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 price	punct
12	unit	unit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 price	compound
13	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 term	appos
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 price	punct
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the term				of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules

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 price prevailing upon Black Friday only

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	root	root
3	prevailing	prevail	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 price	acl
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 Friday	case
5	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 Friday	flat
6	Friday	Friday	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 prevailing	obl
7	only	only	ADV	_	3 prevailing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prevail	gerund	the price not said here				friday		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The price expressed in respect of a single gram, litre or item

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	root	root
3	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 price	acl
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 respect	case
5	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 expressed	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	9 gram	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 gram	det
8	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 gram	amod
9	gram	gram	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 respect	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 litre	punct
11	litre	litre	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gram	conj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 item	cc
13	item	item	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gram	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	express	participle		the price not said here		respect of a single gram and litre or item			vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	respect			a single gram and litre or item					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The price displayed upon a sign bearing the word "sale"

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	3 displayed	nsubj
3	displayed	display	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 sign	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sign	det
6	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 displayed	obl
7	bearing	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 sign	acl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 word	det
9	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bearing	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 sale	punct
11	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 word	appos
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 sale	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	display	past	the price					upon a sign	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	bear	gerund	a sign not said here	the word					vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient

Option 4

The price of the largest package available

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	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 package	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 package	det
5	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 package	amod
6	package	package	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 price	nmod
7	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 package	amod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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