Exam question 1 · Saving up for a game

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the act of saving?

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

This is exam question 1 of lesson 8 «Saving up for a game» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 act	det
10	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	of	of	SCONJ	_	12 saving	mark
12	saving	save	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 act	acl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the act	of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	save	gerund	the act not said here			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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 exchange of money for goods of equal value

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 exchange	det
2	exchange	exchange	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 money	case
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 exchange	nmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 goods	case
6	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 exchange	nmod
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 value	case
8	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 value	amod
9	value	value	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 goods	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exchange			money				for goods of equal value	nom exchange «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient for=obl

Option 2

The borrowing of money from a relation

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 borrowing	det
2	borrowing	borrowing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 money	case
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 borrowing	nmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 relation	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 relation	det
7	relation	relation	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 borrowing	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The acquisition of goods without prior planning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 acquisition	det
2	acquisition	acquisition	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 goods	case
4	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	2 acquisition	nmod
5	without	without	ADP	_	7 planning	case
6	prior	prior	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 planning	amod
7	planning	planning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 acquisition	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	acquire			goods				without prior planning	nom acquisition «act transitive»: of=patient without=obl

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The setting aside of money for subsequent use in place of immediate expenditure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 setting	det
2	setting	setting	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	aside	aside	ADP	_	5 money	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 money	case
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 setting	nmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 use	case
7	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 use	amod
8	use	use	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 setting	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 place	case
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 use	nmod
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 expenditure	case
12	immediate	immediate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 expenditure	amod
13	expenditure	expenditure	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 place	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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