Exam question 3 · Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax
It is given that a telephone contract obliges the subscriber to remit twenty-five pounds per month for a period of twenty-four months. Determine the total sum payable.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: telephone contract, you · What happens: give, oblige, remit, determine · To what, where: It, subscriber, five pounds, total sum payable
This is exam question 3 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
Sentence 1: It is given that a telephone contract obliges the subscriber to remit twenty-five pounds per month for a period of twenty-four months.
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 | _ | 8 obliges | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 contract | det |
| 6 | telephone | telephone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 contract | compound |
| 7 | contract | contract | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 obliges | nsubj |
| 8 | obliges | oblige | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 subscriber | det |
| 10 | subscriber | subscriber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 obliges | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 remit | mark |
| 12 | remit | remit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 subscriber | acl |
| 13 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 five | compound |
| 14 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 13 twenty | punct |
| 15 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 pounds | nummod |
| 16 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 remit | obj |
| 17 | per | per | ADP | _ | 18 month | case |
| 18 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 pounds | nmod |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 period | case |
| 20 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 period | det |
| 21 | period | period | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 remit | obl |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 26 months | case |
| 23 | twenty | twenty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 25 four | compound |
| 24 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 23 twenty | punct |
| 25 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 26 months | nummod |
| 26 | months | month | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 period | nmod |
| 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 | oblige | present | a telephone contract | the subscriber | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subscriber=Patient | ||||
| 3 | remit | to-infinitive | a telephone contract not said here | five pounds | per month | for a period of four months | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent pound=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 total sum payable.
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 | 5 payable | det |
| 3 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 payable | amod |
| 4 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 payable | compound |
| 5 | payable | payable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 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 total sum payable | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent payable=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
£500
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 500 | 500 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
£480
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 480 | 480 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
£625
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 625 | 625 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
£600
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 600 | 600 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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