Exam question 4 · The weekly shop and a family budget

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the purchase of goods in bulk.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, purchase · To what, where: response, purchase, bulk, goods

This is exam question 4 of lesson 22 «The weekly shop and a family budget» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 purchase	det
11	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 goods	case
13	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	11 purchase	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 bulk	case
15	bulk	bulk	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 purchase	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	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	the purchase of goods	bulk		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus purchase=Experiencer
4	purchase			goods	bulk		nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient in=place

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 right answer

It is economical in respect of durable goods that will be consumed, such as rice and pasta

The tree, 17 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	3 economical	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 economical	cop
3	economical	economical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 respect	case
5	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 economical	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 goods	case
7	durable	durable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 goods	amod
8	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 respect	nmod
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 consumed	obj
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 consumed	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 consumed	aux:pass
12	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 goods	acl:relcl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 rice	punct
14	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=ADP	16 rice	case
15	as	as	ADP	_	14 such	fixed
16	rice	rice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 respect	conj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 pasta	cc
18	pasta	pasta	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 rice	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	It		respect of durable goods and rice and pasta	economical property	tree rules
2	consume	future · passive		durable goods			vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: that=Asset
3	respect			durable goods			nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

It invariably results in a greater total expenditure than small purchases

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 results	nsubj
2	invariably	invariably	ADV	_	3 results	advmod
3	results	result	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	8 expenditure	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 expenditure	det
6	greater	great	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	8 expenditure	amod
7	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 expenditure	amod
8	expenditure	expenditure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 results	nmod
9	than	than	ADP	_	11 purchases	case
10	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 purchases	amod
11	purchases	purchase	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 results	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

It is economical in respect of every product, including perishable fruit

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 economical	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 economical	cop
3	economical	economical	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 respect	case
5	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 economical	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 product	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 product	det
8	product	product	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 respect	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fruit	punct
10	including	including	ADP	_	12 fruit	case
11	perishable	perishable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 fruit	amod
12	fruit	fruit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 product	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It			respect of every product and perishable fruit		economical property	tree rules
2	respect			every product and perishable fruit					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It is prohibited in respect of households of fewer than five persons

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 prohibited	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 prohibited	aux:pass
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 respect	case
5	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 prohibited	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 households	case
7	households	household	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 respect	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	12 persons	case
9	fewer	few	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	11 five	advmod
10	than	than	ADP	_	9 fewer	fixed
11	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 persons	nummod
12	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 households	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prohibit	present · passive		It		respect of households of five persons			vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	respect			households of five persons					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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