Exam question 3 · The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a share in a company?

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

This is exam question 3 of lesson 32 «The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 share	det
10	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 company	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 company	det
13	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obl
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		a share		a company		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

A small portion of the ownership of the company, entitling the holder to part of its profits

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 portion	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 portion	amod
3	portion	portion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 ownership	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ownership	det
6	ownership	ownership	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 portion	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 company	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 company	det
9	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ownership	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 entitling	punct
11	entitling	entitle	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 portion	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 holder	det
13	holder	holder	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 entitling	obj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 part	mark
15	part	part	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 entitling	xcomp
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 profits	case
17	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 profits	nmod:poss
18	profits	profit	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 part	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	entitle	gerund		the holder					tree rules
2	profit		part						nom profit «possession intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

A loan advanced by the company to each of its employees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 loan	det
2	loan	loan	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	advanced	advance	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 loan	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 company	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 company	det
6	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 advanced	obl
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 each	case
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	3 advanced	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 employees	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 employees	nmod:poss
11	employees	employee	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 each	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	advance	participle		a loan not said here				by the company; to each result	vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP.patient V PP.extent PP.initial_state PP.result»: agent=Patient by company=Extent to each=Result

Option 3

A ticket conferring the right to purchase goods from the company without charge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 ticket	det
2	ticket	ticket	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	conferring	confer	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 ticket	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 right	det
5	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 conferring	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 purchase	mark
7	purchase	purchase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 right	acl
8	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	7 purchase	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 company	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 company	det
11	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 purchase	obl
12	without	without	ADP	_	13 charge	case
13	charge	charge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 purchase	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	confer	gerund	a ticket not said here	the right					tree rules
2	purchase	to-infinitive	a ticket not said here	goods		the company		without charge	vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent goods=Theme from company=Source

Option 4

The entire ownership of the company and all of its premises

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 ownership	det
2	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 ownership	amod
3	ownership	ownership	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 company	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 company	det
6	company	company	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ownership	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 all	cc
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 company	conj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 premises	case
10	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 premises	nmod:poss
11	premises	premise	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 all	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	premise		company						nom premise «communication transitive»: poss=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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