Exam question 1 · Debt, loans, credit cards and interest
It is given that a sum of £1,000 is advanced by way of a loan and that the borrower is obliged to repay £1,100. Determine the interest payable.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: way, you · What happens: give, advance, oblige, repay, determine · To what, where: It, sum, borrower, interest payable
This is exam question 1 of lesson 24 «Debt, loans, credit cards and interest» 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 sum of £1,000 is advanced by way of a loan and that the borrower is obliged to repay £1,100.
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 | _ | 11 advanced | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 sum | det |
| 6 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 advanced | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 £ | case |
| 8 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 6 sum | nmod |
| 9 | 1,000 | 1000 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 £ | nummod |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 advanced | aux:pass |
| 11 | advanced | advance | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | advcl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 way | case |
| 13 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 advanced | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 loan | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 loan | det |
| 16 | loan | loan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 way | nmod |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 22 obliged | cc |
| 18 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 22 obliged | mark |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 borrower | det |
| 20 | borrower | borrower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 obliged | nsubj:pass |
| 21 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 obliged | aux:pass |
| 22 | obliged | oblige | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | conj |
| 23 | to | to | PART | _ | 24 repay | mark |
| 24 | repay | repay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 22 obliged | xcomp |
| 25 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | 24 repay | obj |
| 26 | 1,100 | 1,100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 25 £ | nummod |
| 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 | advance | present · passive | way of a loan | a sum | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | oblige | present · passive | the borrower | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result | |||||
| 4 | repay | to-infinitive | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent £=Recipient |
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 interest 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 | 4 payable | det |
| 3 | interest | interest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 payable | compound |
| 4 | payable | payable | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 5 | . | . | 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 interest payable | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent payable=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
£1,100
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 1,100 | 1,100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
£10
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
£100
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 100 | 100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
£2,100
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | £ | £ | SYM | _ | root | root |
| 2 | 2,100 | 2,100 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 £ | nummod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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