Exam question 2 · Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a cheque?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: cheque

This is exam question 2 of lesson 5 «Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones» 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 cheque	det
10	cheque	cheque	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	?	?	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 cheque				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

A card permitting payment by contact with a terminal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 card	det
2	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	permitting	permit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 card	acl
4	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permitting	obj
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 contact	case
6	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 permitting	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 terminal	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 terminal	det
9	terminal	terminal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 contact	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	permit	gerund	a card not said here	payment				by contact with a terminal	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent payment=Theme by contact=Location

Option 2

A metallic token of fixed value issued by a mint

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 token	det
2	metallic	metallic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 token	amod
3	token	token	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 value	case
5	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 value	amod
6	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 token	nmod
7	issued	issue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 token	acl
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 mint	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 mint	det
10	mint	mint	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 issued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	participle							vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	issue	participle		a metallic token of fixed value not said here				by a mint	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by mint=Location

Option 3

A receipt issued by a merchant following a sale

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 receipt	det
2	receipt	receipt	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	issued	issue	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 receipt	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 merchant	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 merchant	det
6	merchant	merchant	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 issued	obl
7	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 receipt	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 sale	det
9	sale	sale	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 following	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	issue	participle		a receipt not said here				by a merchant	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by merchant=Location
2	follow	gerund	a receipt not said here	a sale					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sale=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A written instruction to a bank to effect payment to a named party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 instruction	det
2	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 instruction	amod
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 payment	nsubj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 bank	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bank	det
6	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 instruction	nmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 effect	mark
8	effect	effect	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 payment	compound
9	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 party	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 party	det
12	named	name	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 party	amod
13	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 payment	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	participle							vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	name	participle							vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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