Exam question 2 · When money is tight: "we can't afford it"

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a food bank?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: food bank

This is exam question 2 of lesson 23 «When money is tight: "we can't afford it"» 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	11 bank	det
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bank	compound
11	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
12	?	?	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 food bank				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 · ← Mova's choice

An institution that accepts deposits of food in exchange for interest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 institution	det
2	institution	institution	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 accepts	nsubj
4	accepts	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 institution	acl:relcl
5	deposits	deposit	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 accepts	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 food	case
7	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 deposits	nmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 exchange	case
9	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accepts	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 interest	case
11	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 accepts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	present	a institution	deposits of food		exchange		for interest	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deposit=Theme
2	deposit			food					nom deposit «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A facility in which restaurants store surplus produce for sale

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 facility	det
2	facility	facility	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 store	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 restaurants	case
4	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	5 restaurants	det
5	restaurants	restaurant	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 facility	nmod
6	store	store	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	surplus	surplus	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 produce	amod
8	produce	produce	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 store	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 sale	case
10	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 store	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	present	a facility in which restaurants	surplus produce				for sale	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent produce=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An organisation that distributes food without charge to persons in need

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 organisation	det
2	organisation	organisation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 distributes	nsubj
4	distributes	distribute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 organisation	acl:relcl
5	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 distributes	obj
6	without	without	ADP	_	7 charge	case
7	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 distributes	obl
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 persons	case
9	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 distributes	obl
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 need	case
11	need	need	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 persons	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distribute	present	a organisation	food	persons in need			without charge	vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Theme to person=Recipient

Option 4

A retail outlet that sells provisions at an elevated price

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 outlet	det
2	retail	retail	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outlet	compound
3	outlet	outlet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 sells	nsubj
5	sells	sell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 outlet	acl:relcl
6	provisions	provision	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sells	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 price	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 price	det
9	elevated	elevate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 price	amod
10	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sells	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	present	a retail outlet	provisions		a elevated price			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent provision=Theme at price=Asset
2	elevate	participle							vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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