Exam question 1 · Money around the world: euros, hryvnias, yuan and more

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "currency"?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: term

This is exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Money around the world: euros, hryvnias, yuan and more» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 term	det
10	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 currency	punct
12	currency	currency	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 term	appos
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 currency	punct
14	?	?	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		the term				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 rate at which prices rise over time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rate	det
2	rate	rate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rise	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 prices	case
4	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	5 prices	det
5	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rate	nmod
6	rise	rise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	over	over	ADP	_	8 time	case
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rise	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rise	present	the rate at which prices				time		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

A banknote valid in each and every country of the world

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 banknote	det
2	banknote	banknote	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	valid	valid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 banknote	amod
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 each	case
5	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 valid	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 country	cc
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 country	det
8	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 banknote	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 world	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 world	det
11	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 country	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The particular form of money adopted by a given country

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 form	det
2	particular	particular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 form	amod
3	form	form	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 money	case
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 form	nmod
6	adopted	adopt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 form	acl
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 country	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 country	det
9	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 country	amod
10	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 adopted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	adopt	participle	the particular form of money not said here	by a given country	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	give	participle			vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	form		money		nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

Any coin composed of a precious metal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 coin	det
2	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	composed	compose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 coin	acl
4	of	of	ADP	_	7 metal	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 metal	det
6	precious	precious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 metal	amod
7	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 composed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	compose	participle		any coin not said here				of a precious metal	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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