Exam question 4 · Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax

Identify the principal purpose for which council tax is levied.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, levy · To what, where: principal purpose, council tax

This is exam question 4 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 purpose	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 purpose	amod
4	purpose	purpose	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 which	case
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 levied	obl
7	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tax	compound
8	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 levied	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 levied	aux:pass
10	levied	levy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 purpose	acl:relcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal purpose					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme
2	levy	present · passive		council tax				for the principal purpose	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

The repayment of a loan taken out for the purchase of a dwelling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 repayment	det
2	repayment	repayment	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taken	nsubj:pass
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 loan	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 loan	det
5	loan	loan	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 repayment	nmod
6	taken	take	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 taken	compound:prt
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 purchase	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 purchase	det
10	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 taken	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 dwelling	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 dwelling	det
13	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 purchase	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	take out	participle · passive	the repayment of a loan	for the purchase of a dwelling	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	repay		a loan		nom repayment «act transitive»: of=patient
3	purchase		a dwelling		nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The funding of local services such as refuse collection, street lighting and libraries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 funding	det
2	funding	funding	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 services	case
4	local	local	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 services	amod
5	services	service	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 funding	nmod
6	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	9 collection	case
7	as	as	ADP	_	6 such	fixed
8	refuse	refuse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 collection	compound
9	collection	collection	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 services	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lighting	punct
11	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lighting	compound
12	lighting	lighting	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 funding	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 libraries	cc
14	libraries	library	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 funding	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fund			local services such refuse collection					nom funding «possession transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

The settlement of charges for electricity and gas consumed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 settlement	det
2	settlement	settlement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 charges	case
4	charges	charge	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 settlement	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 electricity	case
6	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 settlement	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gas	cc
8	gas	gas	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 settlement	conj
9	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 settlement	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	consume	participle		the settlement of charges for electricity and gas not said here					vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The remuneration of a landlord for the occupation of a property

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 remuneration	det
2	remuneration	remuneration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 landlord	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 landlord	det
5	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remuneration	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 occupation	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 occupation	det
8	occupation	occupation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 remuneration	nmod
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 property	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 property	det
11	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 occupation	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remunerate			a landlord				for the occupation of a property	nom remuneration «possession transitive»: of=patient for=obl
2	occupy			a property					nom occupation «act transitive»: of=patient

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