Exam question 3 · Coins and notes: pounds and pence, dollars and cents
It is given that a quantity of three twenty-pence coins, two ten-pence coins and one five-pence coin is held. Determine the aggregate value thereof.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, hold, determine · To what, where: It, quantity, aggregate value
This is exam question 3 of lesson 2 «Coins and notes: pounds and pence, dollars and cents» 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 quantity of three twenty-pence coins, two ten-pence coins and one five-pence coin is held.
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 | _ | 26 held | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 quantity | det |
| 6 | quantity | quantity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 26 held | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 coins | case |
| 8 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 coins | nummod |
| 9 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 pence | nummod |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 twenty | punct |
| 11 | pence | pence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 coins | compound |
| 12 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 quantity | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 coins | punct |
| 14 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 coins | nummod |
| 15 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 pence | nummod |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 ten | punct |
| 17 | pence | pence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 coins | compound |
| 18 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 quantity | conj |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 coin | cc |
| 20 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 24 coin | nummod |
| 21 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 23 pence | nummod |
| 22 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 21 five | punct |
| 23 | pence | pence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 coin | compound |
| 24 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 quantity | conj |
| 25 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 held | aux:pass |
| 26 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 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 | hold | present · passive | a quantity of three pence coins and two pence coins and one pence coin | vn keep-15.2 «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: Determine the aggregate value thereof.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 value | det |
| 3 | aggregate | aggregate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 value | compound |
| 4 | value | value | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 5 | thereof | thereof | ADV | _ | 1 Determine | advmod |
| 6 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the aggregate value | thereof property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent value=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Eighty-five pence
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eighty | eighty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 pence | nummod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 five | punct |
| 3 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Eighty | conj |
| 4 | pence | pence | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Ninety-five pence
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ninety | ninety | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 pence | nummod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 five | punct |
| 3 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Ninety | conj |
| 4 | pence | pence | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Seventy-five pence
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seventy | seventy | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 pence | nummod |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 five | punct |
| 3 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Seventy | conj |
| 4 | pence | pence | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Eighty pence
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eighty | eighty | 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.
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