Exam question 2 · The piggy bank and a jar for each goal
It is given that six pounds is allocated in equal portions among three receptacles. Determine the sum assigned to each.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: give, allocate, determine, assign · To what, where: It, that, equal portions, sum, each
This is exam question 2 of lesson 9 «The piggy bank and a jar for each goal» 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
Sentence 1: It is given that six pounds is allocated in equal portions among three receptacles.
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 | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 allocated | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 pounds | nummod |
| 6 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 allocated | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 allocated | aux:pass |
| 8 | allocated | allocate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 given | parataxis |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 portions | case |
| 10 | equal | equal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 portions | amod |
| 11 | portions | portion | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 allocated | obl |
| 12 | among | among | ADP | _ | 14 receptacles | case |
| 13 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 14 receptacles | nummod |
| 14 | receptacles | receptacle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 allocated | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 given | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | present · passive | It | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | allocate | present · passive | that | equal portions | among three receptacles | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |
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.
Sentence 2: Determine the sum assigned to each.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 sum | det |
| 3 | sum | sum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | assigned | assign | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 sum | acl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 each | case |
| 6 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 assigned | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the sum | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Topic | ||||
| 2 | assign | participle | the sum not said here | to each goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent to each=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Six pounds exactly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 pounds | nummod |
| 2 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 2 pounds | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
One pound fifty pence
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 pound | nummod |
| 2 | pound | pound | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 pound | flat |
| 4 | pence | pence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fifty | nmod:unmarked |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Three pounds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 pounds | nummod |
| 2 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Two pounds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 pounds | nummod |
| 2 | pounds | pound | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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