Exam question 3 · Interest on savings and cash machines

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises compound interest?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: compound interest

This is exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Interest on savings and cash machines» 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	compound	compound	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 interest	amod
10	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	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		compound interest				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 · ✓ the right answer

Interest calculated upon the principal together with interest previously accrued

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	calculated	calculate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Interest	acl
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 principal	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 principal	det
5	principal	principal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calculated	obl
6	together	together	ADV	_	2 calculated	advmod
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 interest	case
8	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calculated	obl
9	previously	previously	ADV	_	10 accrued	advmod
10	accrued	accrue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 interest	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	calculate	participle		Interest not said here				upon the principal; with interest; together property	tree rules
2	accrue	participle		interest not said here				previously property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A reduction of the balance in respect of rising prices

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 reduction	det
2	reduction	reduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 balance	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 balance	det
5	balance	balance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduction	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 respect	case
7	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 balance	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 prices	case
9	rising	rise	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 prices	amod
10	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	rise	gerund		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	reduce		the balance in respect of rising prices	nom reduction «act transitive»: of=patient
3	respect		rising prices	nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

Interest calculated exclusively upon the original sum deposited

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	calculated	calculate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Interest	acl
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	2 calculated	advmod
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 sum	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sum	det
6	original	original	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 sum	amod
7	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calculated	obl
8	deposited	deposit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 sum	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	calculate	participle		Interest not said here				upon the original sum; exclusively property	tree rules
2	deposit	participle		the original sum not said here					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A charge levied by a bank in respect of each withdrawal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 charge	det
2	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	levied	levy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 charge	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 bank	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bank	det
6	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 levied	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 respect	case
8	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 levied	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 withdrawal	case
10	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	11 withdrawal	det
11	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	levy	participle		a charge not said here		respect of each withdrawal		by a bank	tree rules
2	respect			each withdrawal					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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