Exam question 2 · Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a mortgage?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: mortgage

This is exam question 2 of lesson 21 «Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax» 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	10 mortgage	det
10	mortgage	mortgage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	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 mortgage				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

A sum paid by a bank to a householder in respect of savings deposited

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	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sum	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 bank	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bank	det
6	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 householder	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 householder	det
9	householder	householder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 respect	case
11	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 savings	case
13	savings	savings	NOUN	Number=Ptan	11 respect	nmod
14	deposited	deposit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 savings	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	pay	participle	a sum not said here	respect of savings	by a bank; to a householder	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	deposit	participle	savings not said here			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	respect		savings			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A charge levied by a local authority in respect of the collection of refuse

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	by	by	ADP	_	7 authority	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 authority	det
6	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 authority	amod
7	authority	authority	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 levied	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 respect	case
9	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 levied	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 collection	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 collection	det
12	collection	collection	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 respect	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 refuse	case
14	refuse	refuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 collection	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	levy	participle		a charge not said here		respect of the collection of refuse		by a local authority	tree rules
2	respect			the collection of refuse					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A sum payable monthly to a landlord in respect of the occupation of a dwelling

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 monthly	det
2	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 monthly	compound
3	payable	payable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 monthly	amod
4	monthly	monthly	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 landlord	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 landlord	det
7	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 monthly	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 respect	case
9	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 monthly	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 occupation	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 occupation	det
12	occupation	occupation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 respect	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	15 dwelling	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 dwelling	det
15	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 occupation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	respect			the occupation of a dwelling					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient
2	occupy			a dwelling					nom occupation «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A loan advanced by a bank for the purchase of a dwelling, repayable with interest over many years

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 loan	det
2	loan	loan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	advanced	advance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 loan	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 bank	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bank	det
6	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 advanced	obl
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 purchase	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 purchase	det
9	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 advanced	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 dwelling	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 dwelling	det
12	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 purchase	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 repayable	punct
14	repayable	repayable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 dwelling	amod
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 interest	case
16	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 repayable	obl
17	over	over	ADP	_	19 years	case
18	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 years	amod
19	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 advanced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	advance	participle		a loan not said here			year	by a bank; for the purchase of a dwelling goal	vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent for purchase=Goal
2	purchase			a dwelling					nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient

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