Exam question 4 · Lending, sharing, charity and tipping

Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence before making a donation to a charity.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, make · To what, where: course, donation

This is exam question 4 of lesson 39 «Lending, sharing, charity and tipping» 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	3 course	det
3	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 action	case
5	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 course	nmod
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 consistent	advmod
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 action	amod
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 prudence	case
9	prudence	prudence	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 consistent	obl
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 making	mark
11	making	make	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Identify	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 donation	det
13	donation	donation	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 making	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 charity	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 charity	det
16	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 making	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the course of action					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme
2	make	gerund	you not said here	a donation				to a charity	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset donation=Product

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 · ✓ the right answer

Verification that the charity is registered

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Verification	verification	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 registered	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 charity	det
4	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 registered	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 registered	aux:pass
6	registered	register	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Verification	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	register	present · passive		the charity					vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Abstention from giving to any charity whatsoever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Abstention	abstention	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	SCONJ	_	3 giving	mark
3	giving	give	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Abstention	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 charity	case
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 charity	det
6	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 giving	obl
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	_	3 giving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	gerund	Abstention not said here		any charity			whatsoever property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to charity=Recipient

Option 3

Donation exclusively to persons collecting in the street

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Donation	donation	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 persons	nsubj
2	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	_	4 persons	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	4 persons	case
4	persons	person	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	collecting	collect	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 persons	acl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 street	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 street	det
8	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 collecting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	gerund	persons not said here			the street			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Donation of the largest possible sum without inquiry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Donation	donation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	6 sum	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sum	det
4	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 sum	amod
5	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sum	amod
6	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Donation	nmod
7	without	without	ADP	_	8 inquiry	case
8	inquiry	inquiry	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sum	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	donate			the largest possible sum without inquiry					nom donation «possession transitive»: of=patient

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