Exam question 1 · Wages, salary and where family money comes from

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a "salary"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: salary

This is exam question 1 of lesson 20 «Wages, salary and where family money comes from» 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	11 salary	det
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 salary	punct
11	salary	salary	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 salary	punct
13	?	?	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 salary				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 charge levied upon the purchase of goods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 charge	det
2	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	levied	levy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 charge	acl
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 purchase	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 purchase	det
6	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 levied	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 goods	case
8	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	6 purchase	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	levy	participle		a charge not said here				upon the purchase of goods	tree rules
2	purchase			goods					nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A sum advanced by a bank subject to repayment

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sum	det
2	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	advanced	advance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sum	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 subject	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 subject	det
6	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 subject	compound
7	subject	subject	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 advanced	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 repayment	case
9	repayment	repayment	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 subject	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	advance	participle		a sum not said here				by a bank subject to repayment	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A fixed remuneration for employment, ordinarily payable monthly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 remuneration	det
2	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 remuneration	amod
3	remuneration	remuneration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 employment	case
5	employment	employment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remuneration	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 monthly	punct
7	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	_	8 payable	advmod
8	payable	payable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 monthly	amod
9	monthly	monthly	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remuneration	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	participle							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

A payment made by the state upon retirement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 payment	det
2	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 payment	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 state	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 state	det
6	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 retirement	case
8	retirement	retirement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a payment not said here				by the state; upon retirement	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

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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