Exam question 4 · Wages, salary and where family money comes from

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning financial assistance from the government during unemployment.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern · To what, where: response, financial assistance, government

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	financial	financial	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 assistance	amod
11	assistance	assistance	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 government	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 government	det
14	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 assistance	nmod
15	during	during	ADP	_	16 unemployment	case
16	unemployment	unemployment	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response			consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle						vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	financial assistance	the government	during unemployment		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus assistance=Experiencer

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

It is available only to persons who have retired

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 available	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 available	cop
3	available	available	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 persons	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 persons	case
6	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 available	obl
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 retired	nsubj
8	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 retired	aux
9	retired	retire	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 persons	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					to persons; available property	tree rules
2	retire	present · perfect	persons						vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It exceeds the salary previously earned

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	2 exceeds	nsubj
2	exceeds	exceed	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 salary	det
4	salary	salary	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exceeds	obj
5	previously	previously	ADV	_	6 earned	advmod
6	earned	earn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 salary	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exceed	present	It	the salary					vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot salary=Theme
2	earn	past	the salary not said here					previously property	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It is a lawful provision to meet basic needs and is no cause for shame

The tree, 15 words

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	5 provision	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 provision	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 provision	det
4	lawful	lawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 provision	amod
5	provision	provision	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 meet	mark
7	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 provision	acl
8	basic	basic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 needs	amod
9	needs	need	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 meet	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cause	cc
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 cause	cop
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 cause	det
13	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 provision	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 shame	case
15	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cause	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a lawful provision and no cause		tree rules
2	meet	to-infinitive		basic needs		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent need=Co-Agent
3	is a	present		no cause	for shame	tree rules

Option 4

It is unlawful and must be repaid with interest

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 unlawful	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 unlawful	cop
3	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 repaid	cc
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 repaid	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 repaid	aux:pass
7	repaid	repay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 unlawful	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 interest	case
9	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 repaid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					unlawful property	tree rules
2	repay	must · passive						with interest	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: with interest=Theme

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