Exam question 4 · Interest on savings and cash machines
Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence where an unfamiliar device is observed affixed to the card slot of a cash machine.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, observe, affix · To what, where: course, unfamiliar device
This is exam question 4 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 | 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 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 15 observed | advmod |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 device | det |
| 12 | unfamiliar | unfamiliar | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 device | amod |
| 13 | device | device | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 observed | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 observed | aux:pass |
| 15 | observed | observe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 prudence | acl:relcl |
| 16 | affixed | affix | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 15 observed | xcomp |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 20 slot | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 slot | det |
| 19 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 slot | compound |
| 20 | slot | slot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 affixed | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 machine | case |
| 22 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 24 machine | det |
| 23 | cash | cash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 24 machine | compound |
| 24 | machine | machine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 slot | nmod |
| 25 | . | . | 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 | ||||
| 2 | observe | present · passive | a unfamiliar device | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | affix | participle | to the card slot of a cash machine | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to slot=Co-Patient |
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
Abstention from use of the machine and notification of the bank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Abstention | abstention | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 use | case |
| 3 | use | use | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Abstention | nmod |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 machine | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 machine | det |
| 6 | machine | machine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 use | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 notification | cc |
| 8 | notification | notification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 machine | conj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 bank | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 bank | det |
| 11 | bank | bank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 notification | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | the machine and notification of the bank | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient | ||||||
| 2 | notify | the bank | nom notification «act transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
Insertion of the card with exceptional rapidity
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Insertion | insertion | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 card | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 card | det |
| 4 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Insertion | nmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 rapidity | case |
| 6 | exceptional | exceptional | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 rapidity | amod |
| 7 | rapidity | rapidity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Insertion | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | insert | the card | with exceptional rapidity | nom insertion «communication transitive»: of=patient with=obl |
Option 3
Entry of the personal identification number on two occasions
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Entry | entry | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 number | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 number | det |
| 4 | personal | personal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 number | amod |
| 5 | identification | identification | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 number | compound |
| 6 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Entry | nmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 occasions | case |
| 8 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 occasions | nummod |
| 9 | occasions | occasion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Entry | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enter | the personal identification number | two occasions | nom entry «communication transitive»: of=patient on=place |
Option 4
Removal of the device and retention of it by the customer as evidence
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Removal | removal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 device | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 device | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 device | det |
| 4 | device | device | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 retention | cc |
| 6 | retention | retention | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 device | conj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 retention | nmod |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 customer | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 customer | det |
| 11 | customer | customer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 device | nmod |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 13 evidence | case |
| 13 | evidence | evidence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 device | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | retain | Removal | nom retention «act transitive»: of=patient |
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