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Exam question 1 · A bank account and a debit card

It is given that the balance of an account stands at £3, whereas a purchase of £4.50 is attempted by means of a debit card. Determine the shortfall.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: balance, account, you · What happens: give, stand, wherea, attempt, mean, balance · To what, where: It, purchase, shortfall

This is exam question 1 of lesson 26 «A bank account and a debit card» 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 the balance of an account stands at £3, whereas a purchase of £4.50 is attempted by means of a debit card.

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	_	10 stands	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 balance	det
6	balance	balance	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stands	nsubj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 account	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 account	det
9	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 balance	nmod
10	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 £	case
12	£	£	SYM	_	10 stands	obl
13	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	12 £	nummod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 whereas	punct
15	whereas	wherea	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 stands	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 purchase	det
17	purchase	purchase	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 attempted	nsubj:pass
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 £	case
19	£	£	SYM	_	17 purchase	nmod
20	4.50	4.50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	19 £	nummod
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 attempted	aux:pass
22	attempted	attempt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	15 whereas	ccomp
23	by	by	ADP	_	24 means	case
24	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 attempted	conj
25	of	of	ADP	_	28 card	case
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	28 card	det
27	debit	debit	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 card	compound
28	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 means	obl
29	.	.	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	stand	present	the balance of a account						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at £=Location
3	wherea	present	the balance of a account not said here						tree rules
4	attempt	present · passive		a purchase					vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
5	mean	present						of a debit card	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
6	balance		a account						nom balance «state intransitive»: of=agent

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 shortfall.

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	3 shortfall	det
3	shortfall	shortfall	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Determine	obj
4	.	.	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 shortfall					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shortfall=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

£7.50

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	£	£	SYM	_	root	root
2	7.50	7.50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 £	nummod

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

Option 2

£1

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	£	£	SYM	_	root	root
2	1	1	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 £	nummod

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

Option 3

£2.50

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	£	£	SYM	_	root	root
2	2.50	2.50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 £	nummod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

£1.50

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	£	£	SYM	_	root	root
2	1.50	1.50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Frac	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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