Exam question 1 · Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a receipt?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 receipt	det
10	receipt	receipt	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	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		a receipt				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

A voucher entitling the bearer to a reduction upon a future purchase

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 voucher	det
2	voucher	voucher	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	entitling	entitle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 voucher	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bearer	det
5	bearer	bearer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 entitling	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 reduction	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 reduction	det
8	reduction	reduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 entitling	obl
9	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 purchase	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 purchase	det
11	future	future	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 purchase	amod
12	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reduction	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entitle	gerund	a voucher not said here	the bearer				to a reduction upon a future purchase	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A document evidencing the goods purchased, the date and the sum paid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 document	det
2	document	document	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	evidencing	evidence	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 document	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 goods	det
5	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 evidencing	obj
6	purchased	purchase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 evidencing	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 date	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 date	det
9	date	date	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 document	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sum	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sum	det
12	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 document	conj
13	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 document	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	evidence	gerund	a document and the date and the sum not said here	the goods	tree rules
2	purchase	participle	a document and the date and the sum not said here		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
3	pay	participle		a document and the date and the sum not said here	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A token determining a customer's place in a queue

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 token	det
2	token	token	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	determining	determine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 token	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 customer	det
5	customer	customer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 place	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 customer	case
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 determining	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 queue	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 queue	det
10	queue	queue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 determining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	determine	gerund	a token not said here	a customer's place		a queue			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic

Option 4

A list of articles which a customer intends to acquire

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 list	det
2	list	list	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 intends	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 articles	case
4	articles	article	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 list	nmod
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 customer	nsubj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 customer	det
7	customer	customer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 articles	acl:relcl
8	intends	intend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 acquire	mark
10	acquire	acquire	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 intends	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	customer		articles		tree rules
2	intend	present	a list of articles		vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	acquire not said to happen	to-infinitive	a list of articles not said here		vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
4	list			articles	nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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