Exam question 2 · Unit prices and sales that are not really sales
It is given that a product of two hundred grams is reduced to one hundred and eighty grams whilst its price of two pounds is maintained. Identify the phenomenon.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, reduce, maintain, identify · To what, where: It, product, phenomenon
This is exam question 2 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a product of two hundred grams is reduced to one hundred and eighty grams whilst its price of two pounds is maintained.
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 | _ | 12 reduced | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 product | det |
| 6 | product | product | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 reduced | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 grams | case |
| 8 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 hundred | compound |
| 9 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 grams | nummod |
| 10 | grams | gram | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 product | nmod |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 reduced | aux:pass |
| 12 | reduced | reduce | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 hundred | case |
| 14 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 hundred | compound |
| 15 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 grams | nummod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 eighty | cc |
| 17 | eighty | eighty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 hundred | conj |
| 18 | grams | gram | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 reduced | obj |
| 19 | whilst | whilst | SCONJ | _ | 21 price | case |
| 20 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 price | nmod:poss |
| 21 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 maintained | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 pounds | case |
| 23 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 24 pounds | nummod |
| 24 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 price | nmod |
| 25 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 maintained | aux:pass |
| 26 | maintained | maintain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 reduced | parataxis |
| 27 | . | . | 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 | reduce | present · passive | a product of hundred grams | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2 «NP V NP.patient NP.extent PP.initial_state PP.result»: subject=Patient gram=Extent | |||||
| 3 | maintain | present · passive | whilst product's price of two pounds | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V what S» |
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: Identify the phenomenon.
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 phenomenon | det |
| 3 | phenomenon | phenomenon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Identify | obj |
| 4 | . | . | 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 phenomenon | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent phenomenon=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Shrinkflation
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shrinkflation | shrinkflation | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
A loyalty reward
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 reward | det |
| 2 | loyalty | loyalty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 reward | amod |
| 3 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A bundle offer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 offer | det |
| 2 | bundle | bundle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 offer | compound |
| 3 | offer | offer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A genuine reduction in price
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 reduction | det |
| 2 | genuine | genuine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 reduction | amod |
| 3 | reduction | reduction | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 price | case |
| 5 | price | price | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reduction | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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