Exam question 3 · Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout

Identify the circumstance in which a retailer is ordinarily obliged to provide a refund, repair or replacement.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, oblige, provide · To what, where: circumstance, retailer, refund

This is exam question 3 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 circumstance	det
3	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 which	case
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 obliged	obl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 retailer	det
7	retailer	retailer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 obliged	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 obliged	aux:pass
9	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	10 obliged	advmod
10	obliged	oblige	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 circumstance	acl:relcl
11	to	to	PART	_	12 provide	mark
12	provide	provide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 obliged	xcomp
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 refund	det
14	refund	refund	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 provide	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 repair	punct
16	repair	repair	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 refund	conj
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 replacement	cc
18	replacement	replacement	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 refund	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the circumstance			vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme
2	oblige	present · passive		a retailer	the circumstance	ordinarily property	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result
3	provide	to-infinitive		a refund and repair or replacement			vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition refund=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

Where the purchaser has merely altered his opinion

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 altered	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 purchaser	det
3	purchaser	purchaser	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 altered	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 altered	aux
5	merely	merely	ADV	_	6 altered	advmod
6	altered	alter	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 opinion	nmod:poss
8	opinion	opinion	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 altered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	alter	present · perfect · passive		the purchaser				merely property	tree rules
2	opine		his = he						nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Where the purchaser has mislaid the goods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 mislaid	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 purchaser	det
3	purchaser	purchaser	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mislaid	nsubj:pass
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 mislaid	aux
5	mislaid	mislay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 goods	det
7	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 mislaid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mislay	present · perfect · passive		the purchaser					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Where the goods supplied are faulty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 faulty	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 goods	det
3	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 faulty	nsubj
4	supplied	supply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 goods	acl
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 faulty	cop
6	faulty	faulty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	supply	participle		the goods not said here					vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the goods					faulty property	tree rules

Option 4

Where the goods have been consumed in their entirety

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 consumed	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 goods	det
3	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 consumed	nsubj:pass
4	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consumed	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 consumed	aux:pass
6	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 entirety	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 entirety	nmod:poss
9	entirety	entirety	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	present · perfect · passive		the goods		goods's entirety			vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

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