Exam question 1 · Pocket money and earning it with chores

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises pocket money?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: follow, characteris · To what, where: pocket money

This is exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Pocket money and earning it with chores» 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	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 money	compound
10	money	money	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		pocket money				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

A remuneration paid by the school in respect of academic merit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 remuneration	det
2	remuneration	remuneration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	paid	pay	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 remuneration	acl
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 school	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 school	det
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 respect	case
8	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 paid	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 merit	case
10	academic	academic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 merit	amod
11	merit	merit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 respect	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pay	participle		a remuneration not said here		respect of academic merit		by the school	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	respect			academic merit					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2

A sum payable by the child to the parents in respect of board and lodging

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 payable	det
2	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 payable	compound
3	payable	payable	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 child	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 child	det
6	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 payable	nmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 parents	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 parents	det
9	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 payable	nmod
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 respect	case
11	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 payable	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 board	case
13	board	board	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 respect	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 lodging	cc
15	lodging	lodging	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 board	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	respect			board and lodging					nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A regular sum furnished by parents to enable a child to learn the management of money

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 sum	det
2	regular	regular	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sum	amod
3	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	furnished	furnish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sum	acl
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 parents	case
6	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 furnished	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 enable	mark
8	enable	enable	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 furnished	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 child	det
10	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 enable	obj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 learn	mark
12	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 enable	xcomp
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 management	det
14	management	management	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 learn	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	16 money	case
16	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 management	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	furnish	participle		a regular sum not said here	by parents	vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	enable	to-infinitive		a child		tree rules
3	learn	to-infinitive	a child not said here	the management of money		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent management=Topic
4	manage			money		nom management «act transitive»: of=patient

Option 4

A sum discovered within the pockets of garments

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sum	det
2	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	discovered	discover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 sum	acl
4	within	within	ADP	_	6 pockets	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pockets	det
6	pockets	pocket	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 discovered	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 garments	case
8	garments	garment	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 pockets	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	discover	participle		a sum not said here				within the pockets of garments	vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent

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