Exam question 3 · In-game currency: coins and gems are real money
It is given that a player holds four hundred units and purchases articles of seventy-five and two hundred and fifty units. Ascertain the balance remaining.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: player, you, balance · What happens: give, hold, purchase, ascertain, remain · To what, where: It, hundred units, articles, balance
This is exam question 3 of lesson 16 «In-game currency: coins and gems are real money» 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 player holds four hundred units and purchases articles of seventy-five and two hundred and fifty units.
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 | _ | 7 holds | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 player | det |
| 6 | player | player | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 holds | nsubj |
| 7 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 8 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 hundred | compound |
| 9 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 units | nummod |
| 10 | units | unit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 holds | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 purchases | cc |
| 12 | purchases | purchase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 holds | conj |
| 13 | articles | article | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 purchases | obj |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 five | case |
| 15 | seventy | seventy | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 five | compound |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 seventy | punct |
| 17 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 articles | nmod |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 hundred | cc |
| 19 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 20 hundred | compound |
| 20 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 five | conj |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 23 units | cc |
| 22 | fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 23 units | nummod |
| 23 | units | unit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 five | conj |
| 24 | . | . | 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 | hold | present | a player | hundred units | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent unit=Theme | ||||
| 3 | purchase | present | a player not said here | articles of seventy five and fifty units | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset article=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 balance remaining.
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 balance | det |
| 3 | balance | balance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ascertain | obj |
| 4 | remaining | remain | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 balance | 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 balance | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balance=Topic | ||||
| 2 | remain | gerund | the balance not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
One hundred and fifty units
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hundred | compound |
| 2 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 units | nummod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 fifty | cc |
| 4 | fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hundred | conj |
| 5 | units | unit | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Three hundred and twenty-five units
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hundred | compound |
| 2 | hundred | hundred | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 units | nummod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 five | cc |
| 4 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 five | compound |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 4 twenty | punct |
| 6 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hundred | conj |
| 7 | units | unit | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Twenty-five units
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 five | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Twenty | punct |
| 3 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 units | nummod |
| 4 | units | unit | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Seventy-five units
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seventy | seventy | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 units | nummod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 five | punct |
| 3 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Seventy | conj |
| 4 | units | unit | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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