Exam question 4 · Gambling and honesty with change

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the foundation upon which the use of money rests.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, use · To what, where: response, foundation, money

This is exam question 4 of lesson 40 «Gambling and honesty with change» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 foundation	det
11	foundation	foundation	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 which	case
13	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	18 rests	det
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 use	det
15	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 rests	compound
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 money	case
17	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 use	nmod
18	rests	rest	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 foundation	nmod
19	.	.	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	the foundation which use rests		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus foundation=Experiencer
4	use			money		nom use «act transitive»: of=patient

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 fear of punishment entertained by those who use it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fear	det
2	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 punishment	case
4	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fear	nmod
5	entertained	entertain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fear	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 those	case
7	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 entertained	obl:agent
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 use	nsubj
9	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 those	acl:relcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	entertain	participle	the fear of punishment not said here	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	use	present	punishment	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	fear		punishment	nom fear «feeling transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The mutual trust of those who use it, which honesty preserves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 trust	det
2	mutual	mutual	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 trust	amod
3	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 those	case
5	those	that	PRON	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	3 trust	nmod
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 use	nsubj
7	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 those	acl:relcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 use	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 preserves	punct
10	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 preserves	nsubj
11	honesty	honesty	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 preserves	compound
12	preserves	preserve	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 trust	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	use	present		it	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	preserve		the mutual trust of those and honesty preserves		tree rules
3	trust		those		nom trust «possession intransitive»: of=agent

Option 3

The decree of any single shopkeeper concerning its worth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 decree	det
2	decree	decree	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 shopkeeper	case
4	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 shopkeeper	det
5	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shopkeeper	amod
6	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 decree	nmod
7	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 shopkeeper	acl
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 worth	nmod:poss
9	worth	worth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 concerning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	concern	gerund	any single shopkeeper not said here	shopkeeper's worth					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus worth=Experiencer
2	decree		any single shopkeeper						nom decree «communication intransitive»: of=agent

Option 4

The intrinsic value of the paper upon which notes are printed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 value	det
2	intrinsic	intrinsic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 value	amod
3	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 printed	nsubj:pass
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 paper	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 paper	det
6	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 value	nmod
7	upon	upon	ADP	_	9 notes	case
8	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	9 notes	det
9	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 paper	nmod
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 printed	aux:pass
11	printed	print	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	print	present · passive		the intrinsic value of the paper upon which notes					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	value			the paper upon which notes					nom value «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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