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Exam question 2 · Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout

It is given that milk is priced at one pound twenty pence per carton and that three cartons are charged whereas two are received. Ascertain the sum overcharged.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: that, you · What happens: give, price, carton, charge, receive, ascertain · To what, where: It, one pound, twenty pence, two, sum

This is exam question 2 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

Sentence 1: It is given that milk is priced at one pound twenty pence per carton and that three cartons are charged whereas two are received.

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	5 milk	case
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 milk	det
5	milk	milk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 priced	obl
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 priced	aux:pass
7	priced	price	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 pound	case
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 pound	nummod
10	pound	pound	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 priced	obl
11	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 pence	nummod
12	pence	pence	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 charged	nsubj:pass
13	per	per	ADP	_	14 carton	case
14	carton	carton	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pence	nmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 cartons	cc
16	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 cartons	nsubj
17	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 cartons	nummod
18	cartons	carton	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 pence	conj
19	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 charged	aux:pass
20	charged	charge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 priced	parataxis
21	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	_	24 received	mark
22	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	24 received	nsubj:pass
23	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 received	aux:pass
24	received	receive	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 charged	advcl
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 priced	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	price	present · passive				one pound		give that milk	vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: at pound=Value
3	carton		that						tree rules
4	charge	present · passive		twenty pence per carton and three cartons					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme
5	receive	present · passive		two					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.

Sentence 2: Ascertain the sum overcharged.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sum	det
3	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ascertain	obj
4	overcharged	overcharge	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sum	acl
5	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the sum					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Topic
2	overcharge	participle		the sum not said here					vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

One pound twenty pence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pound	nummod
2	pound	pound	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pound	appos
4	pence	pence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 twenty	nmod:unmarked

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

Option 2

Three pounds sixty pence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pounds	nummod
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	sixty	sixty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 pence	nummod
4	pence	pence	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pounds	conj

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

Option 3

Two pounds forty pence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pounds	nummod
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	forty	forty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 pence	nummod
4	pence	pence	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pounds	conj

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

Option 4

Sixty pence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sixty	sixty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pence	nummod
2	pence	pence	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

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

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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