Exam question 4 · A bank account and a debit card

Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence upon the loss of a bank card.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify · To what, where: course

This is exam question 4 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 consistent	advmod
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 action	amod
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 prudence	case
9	prudence	prudence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consistent	obl
10	upon	upon	ADP	_	12 loss	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 loss	det
12	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 prudence	nmod
13	of	of	ADP	_	16 card	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 card	det
15	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 card	compound
16	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 loss	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the course of action					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme

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

Withdrawal of the entire balance by means of a second card

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 balance	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 balance	det
4	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 balance	amod
5	balance	balance	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Withdrawal	nmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 means	case
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 card	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 card	det
10	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	11 card	amod
11	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	Withdrawal of the entire balance					of a second card	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	withdraw			the entire balance					nom withdrawal «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

Publication of the details of the card in order to locate it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Publication	publication	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 details	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 details	det
4	details	detail	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Publication	nmod
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 card	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 card	det
7	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 details	nmod
8	in	in	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 locate	mark
9	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 in	fixed
10	to	to	PART	_	11 locate	mark
11	locate	locate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 card	acl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 locate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	locate	to-infinitive	order	tree rules
2	publish		the details of the card	nom publication «communication transitive»: of=patient
3	detail		the card	nom detail «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Deferral of any action whatsoever pending the possible recovery of the card

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Deferral	deferral	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pending	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	4 action	case
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 action	det
4	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Deferral	nmod
5	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	6 pending	advmod
6	pending	pend	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 recovery	det
8	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 recovery	amod
9	recovery	recovery	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 pending	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 card	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 card	det
12	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 recovery	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	pend	gerund	Deferral of any action	the possible recovery of the card	whatsoever property	tree rules
2	defer			any action		nom deferral «state transitive»: of=patient
3	recover		the card			nom recovery «event intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Immediate notification of the bank, in order that the card be frozen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 notification	amod
2	notification	notification	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 bank	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bank	det
5	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 notification	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 order	punct
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 order	case
8	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 notification	conj
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 frozen	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 card	det
11	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 frozen	nsubj:pass
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 frozen	aux:pass
13	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 order	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	infinitive · passive	order not said here	the card					vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Result
2	notify			the bank					nom notification «act transitive»: of=patient

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