Exam question 4 · Money around the world: euros, hryvnias, yuan and more

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a price expressed as one hundred yen.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, express · To what, where: response, price

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 price	det
11	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	expressed	express	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 price	acl
13	as	as	ADP	_	16 yen	case
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 hundred	compound
15	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 yen	nummod
16	yen	yen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 expressed	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a price		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus price=Experiencer
4	express	participle		a price not said here	as hundred yen	vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

It is incapable of comparison with any other currency

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 incapable	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 incapable	cop
3	incapable	incapable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 comparison	case
5	comparison	comparison	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 incapable	nmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 currency	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 currency	det
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 currency	amod
9	currency	currency	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 incapable	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	incapable				of comparison; with any other currency	tree rules

Option 2

It constitutes one hundred pounds sterling

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 hundred	compound
4	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 pounds	nummod
5	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sterling	compound
6	sterling	sterling	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	pounds sterling					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sterling=Pivot

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It constitutes a modest sum, being considerably less than one pound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sum	det
4	modest	modest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sum	amod
5	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 less	punct
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 less	cop
8	considerably	considerably	ADV	_	9 less	advmod
9	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 constitutes	conj
10	than	than	ADP	_	12 pound	case
11	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 pound	nummod
12	pound	pound	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 less	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a modest sum					vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sum=Pivot
2	is	gerund						than one pound; considerably, less property	tree rules

Option 4

It constitutes a sum in excess of fifty pounds

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 constitutes	nsubj
2	constitutes	constitute	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sum	det
4	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 excess	case
6	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 constitutes	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 pounds	case
8	fifty	fifty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 pounds	nummod
9	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 excess	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	constitute	present	It	a sum		excess of fifty pounds			vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme sum=Pivot

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