Exam question 3 · Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries

Identify the principal consequence of doubling the quantity of money in circulation whilst the quantity of goods remains unaltered.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, principal consequence · What happens: identify, double, remain · To what, where: quantity, circulation

This is exam question 3 of lesson 37 «Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries» 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	4 consequence	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 consequence	amod
4	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 remains	nsubj
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 doubling	mark
6	doubling	double	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 consequence	acl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 quantity	det
8	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 doubling	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 money	case
10	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 quantity	nmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 circulation	case
12	circulation	circulation	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 doubling	obl
13	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	15 quantity	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 quantity	det
15	quantity	quantity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 doubling	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 goods	case
17	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	15 quantity	nmod
18	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Identify	ccomp
19	unaltered	unaltered	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 remains	xcomp
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here				vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	double	gerund	the principal consequence not said here	the quantity of money	circulation	whilst the quantity of goods	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent quantity=Patient
3	remain	present	the principal consequence			unaltered property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

A doubling of the prosperity of every inhabitant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 doubling	det
2	doubling	doubling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 prosperity	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 prosperity	det
5	prosperity	prosperity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 doubling	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 inhabitant	case
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 inhabitant	det
8	inhabitant	inhabitant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prosperity	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	double			the prosperity of every inhabitant					nom doubling «process transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A halving of the prices of all goods

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 halving	det
2	halving	halving	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 prices	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 prices	det
5	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 halving	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 goods	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 goods	det
8	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	5 prices	nmod

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

An approximate doubling of prices without any increase in prosperity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	An	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 doubling	det
2	approximate	approximate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 doubling	amod
3	doubling	doubling	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 prices	case
5	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 doubling	nmod
6	without	without	ADP	_	8 increase	case
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 increase	det
8	increase	increase	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 doubling	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 prosperity	case
10	prosperity	prosperity	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 increase	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	double			prices				without any increase in prosperity	nom doubling «process transitive»: of=patient without=obl

Option 4

No consequence whatsoever for prices or prosperity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 consequence	det
2	consequence	consequence	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	2 consequence	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 prices	case
5	prices	price	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 consequence	nmod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 prosperity	cc
7	prosperity	prosperity	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prices	conj

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

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