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Exam question 3 · Wages, salary and where family money comes from

It is given that gross earnings of two thousand five hundred pounds give rise to a payment into the bank of two thousand pounds. Ascertain the sum deducted, and identify its principal destination.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that, hundred pounds, you · What happens: give, earning, ascertain, deduct, identify · To what, where: It, rise, payment, sum, principal destination

This is exam question 3 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

Sentence 1: It is given that gross earnings of two thousand five hundred pounds give rise to a payment into the bank of two thousand pounds.

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	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 earnings	nsubj
5	gross	gross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 earnings	amod
6	earnings	earning	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 given	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	12 pounds	case
8	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 thousand	compound
9	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 hundred	compound
10	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 hundred	compound
11	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 pounds	nummod
12	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 give	nsubj
13	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 earnings	acl:relcl
14	rise	rise	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 give	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 payment	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 payment	det
17	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 give	obl
18	into	into	ADP	_	20 bank	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 bank	det
20	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 payment	nmod
21	of	of	ADP	_	24 pounds	case
22	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 thousand	compound
23	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	24 pounds	nummod
24	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 bank	nmod
25	.	.	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	earning		that						tree rules
3	give	present	hundred pounds	rise	a payment into the bank of thousand pounds				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent rise=Theme to payment=Recipient

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 deducted, and identify its principal destination.

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	deducted	deduct	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Ascertain	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 identify	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 identify	cc
7	identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ascertain	conj
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 destination	nmod:poss
9	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 destination	amod
10	destination	destination	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 identify	obj
11	.	.	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					tree rules
2	deduct	participle	you not said here						vn deduce-97.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	identify	infinitive	you not said here	sum's principal destination					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent destination=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Five hundred pounds, retained by the bank as a fee

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 hundred	compound
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 pounds	nummod
3	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 retained	nsubj:pass
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 retained	punct
5	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 bank	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bank	det
8	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 retained	obl
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 fee	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 fee	det
11	fee	fee	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 retained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	participle · passive	the bank	hundred pounds				as a fee	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Five hundred pounds, applied chiefly to taxation and pension

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 hundred	compound
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 pounds	nummod
3	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 applied	punct
5	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 pounds	acl
6	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	_	8 taxation	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 taxation	case
8	taxation	taxation	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 applied	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 pension	cc
10	pension	pension	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 taxation	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	participle		hundred pounds not said here				to taxation and pension	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Two hundred and fifty pounds, retained by the employer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 hundred	compound
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 pounds	nummod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 pounds	cc
4	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 pounds	nummod
5	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 retained	punct
7	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 pounds	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 employer	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 employer	det
10	employer	employer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 retained	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	participle		hundred fifty pounds not said here				by the employer	tree rules

Option 4

Four thousand five hundred pounds, applied chiefly to taxation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 thousand	compound
2	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 pounds	nummod
3	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 hundred	compound
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 pounds	nummod
5	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 applied	punct
7	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 pounds	acl
8	chiefly	chiefly	ADV	_	10 taxation	advmod
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 taxation	case
10	taxation	taxation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 applied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	participle		thousand hundred pounds not said here				to taxation	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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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