Exam question 4 · Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the origin of paper money.

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

This is exam question 4 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	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 origin	det
11	origin	origin	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 money	case
13	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 money	compound
14	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 origin	nmod
15	.	.	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 origin of paper money		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus origin=Experiencer

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

It was first employed in Britain in the present century

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	4 employed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 employed	aux:pass
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 employed	advmod
4	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Britain	case
6	Britain	Britain	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 employed	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 century	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 century	det
9	present	present	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 century	amod
10	century	century	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 employed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	past · passive		It		Britain	century	first property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

It was first employed in China more than one thousand years ago

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	4 employed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 employed	aux:pass
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 employed	advmod
4	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 China	case
6	China	China	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 employed	obl
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	10 thousand	advmod
8	than	than	ADP	_	7 more	fixed
9	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 thousand	compound
10	thousand	thousand	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 years	nummod
11	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 employed	obl:unmarked
12	ago	ago	ADV	_	11 years	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	past · passive		It		China	year	first property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

It was first employed by the Romans in place of salt

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	4 employed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 employed	aux:pass
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 employed	advmod
4	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 Romans	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Romans	det
7	Romans	Roman	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 employed	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 place	case
9	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 employed	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 salt	case
11	salt	salt	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 place	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	past · passive	the Romans	It		place of salt		first property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

It was first employed on the island of Yap

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	4 employed	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 employed	aux:pass
3	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 employed	advmod
4	employed	employ	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 island	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 island	det
7	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 employed	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 Yap	case
9	Yap	Yap	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 island	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	employ	past · passive		It		the island of Yap		first property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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