Exam question 3 · Crypto and the stock market, simply

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an advertisement promising a hundredfold return within one month?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: advertisement · What happens: follow, characteris, promise · To what, where: advertisement, hundredfold return

This is exam question 3 of lesson 38 «Crypto and the stock market, simply» 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	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 advertisement	det
10	advertisement	advertisement	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	promising	promise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 advertisement	acl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 return	det
13	hundredfold	hundredfold	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 return	compound
14	return	return	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 promising	obj
15	within	within	ADP	_	17 month	case
16	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 month	nummod
17	month	month	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 promising	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		a advertisement		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	promise speech: promise	gerund	a advertisement not said here	a hundredfold return	month		vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent return=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 · ✓ the right answer

It bears the characteristics of a fraudulent scheme

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 bears	nsubj
2	bears	bear	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 characteristics	det
4	characteristics	characteristic	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 bears	conj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 scheme	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 scheme	det
7	fraudulent	fraudulent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 scheme	amod
8	scheme	scheme	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 characteristics	nmod

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

Option 2

It is the established practice of index funds

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	5 practice	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 practice	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 practice	det
4	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 practice	amod
5	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 funds	case
7	index	index	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 funds	compound
8	funds	fund	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 practice	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	establish	participle							vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
2	is a	present	It	the established practice				of index funds	tree rules

Option 3

It describes a conventional and secure investment of a prudent kind

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 describes	nsubj
2	describes	describe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 investment	det
4	conventional	conventional	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 investment	amod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 secure	cc
6	secure	secure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 conventional	conj
7	investment	investment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 describes	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 kind	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 kind	det
10	prudent	prudent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 kind	amod
11	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 investment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	describe	present	It	a conventional investment of a prudent kind					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent investment=Theme
2	invest			a prudent kind					nom investment «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

It is guaranteed by the central bank

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 guaranteed	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 guaranteed	aux:pass
3	guaranteed	guarantee	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 bank	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bank	det
6	central	central	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bank	amod
7	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 guaranteed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guarantee	present · passive	the central bank	It					vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Theme

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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