Exam question 2 · A bank account and a debit card

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a debit card?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: debit card

This is exam question 2 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

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 card	det
10	debit	debit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 card	compound
11	card	card	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 debit card				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 instrument by which the holder borrows funds from the issuing bank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 instrument	det
2	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	by	by	ADP	_	4 which	case
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 borrows	obl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 holder	det
6	holder	holder	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 borrows	nsubj
7	borrows	borrow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 instrument	acl:relcl
8	funds	fund	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 borrows	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 bank	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bank	det
11	issuing	issuing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bank	compound
12	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 borrows	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	borrow	present	the holder	funds		the issuing bank		by a instrument	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent fund=Theme from bank=Source

Option 2

An instrument usable exclusively in automated cash machines

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 instrument	det
2	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	usable	usable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 instrument	amod
4	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	3 usable	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 machines	case
6	automated	automated	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 machines	amod
7	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 machines	compound
8	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 instrument	nmod

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

Option 3

An instrument entitling the holder to an allowance from the government

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 instrument	det
2	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	entitling	entitle	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 instrument	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 holder	det
5	holder	holder	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 entitling	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 allowance	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 allowance	det
8	allowance	allowance	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 entitling	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 government	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 government	det
11	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 allowance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entitle	gerund	a instrument not said here	the holder				to a allowance from the government	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

An instrument that draws upon funds already held in the account of the holder

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 instrument	det
2	instrument	instrument	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 held	nsubj
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 draws	nsubj
4	draws	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 instrument	acl:relcl
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	6 funds	case
6	funds	fund	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 draws	obl
7	already	already	ADV	_	8 held	advmod
8	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 account	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 account	det
11	account	account	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 held	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 holder	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 holder	det
14	holder	holder	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 account	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	draw	present	a instrument			upon funds	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	hold	past	a instrument		the account of the holder		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in account=Location
3	account			the holder			nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient

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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