Exam question 4 · The piggy bank and a jar for each goal

Identify the principal advantage of maintaining a separate receptacle in respect of each saving goal.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, principal advantage · What happens: identify, maintain, save, respect · To what, where: principal advantage, separate receptacle, respect, saving goal

This is exam question 4 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 advantage	det
3	principal	principal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 advantage	amod
4	advantage	advantage	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 maintaining	mark
6	maintaining	maintain	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 advantage	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 receptacle	det
8	separate	separate	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 receptacle	amod
9	receptacle	receptacle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 maintaining	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 respect	case
11	respect	respect	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 receptacle	nmod
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 goal	case
13	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	15 goal	det
14	saving	save	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 goal	amod
15	goal	goal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 respect	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principal advantage		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme
2	maintain	gerund	the principal advantage not said here	a separate receptacle	respect of each saving goal	vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent receptacle=Theme
3	save	gerund				vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	respect			each saving goal		nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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

Coins so held are protected against forgery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 protected	nsubj:pass
2	so	so	ADV	_	3 held	advmod
3	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Coins	acl
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 protected	aux:pass
5	protected	protect	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	against	against	ADP	_	7 forgery	case
7	forgery	forgery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 protected	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	participle		Coins not said here					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	protect	present · passive		Coins				against forgery	vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary against forgery=Theme

Option 2

The aggregate sum saved is thereby doubled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sum	det
2	aggregate	aggregate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sum	compound
3	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 doubled	nsubj:pass
4	saved	save	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 sum	acl
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 doubled	aux:pass
6	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	7 doubled	advmod
7	doubled	double	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	participle		the aggregate sum not said here					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	double	present · passive		the aggregate sum				thereby property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient

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

Each goal remains visible and is not consumed by another

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 goal	det
2	goal	goal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 remains	nsubj
3	remains	remain	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	visible	visible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 remains	xcomp
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 consumed	cc
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 consumed	aux:pass
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 consumed	advmod
8	consumed	consume	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 visible	conj
9	by	by	ADP	_	10 another	case
10	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	8 consumed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remain	present	each goal					visible property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not consume	present · passive	each goal not said here					by another	vn consume-66 «NP V NP»

Option 4

The goals are thereby attained without saving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 goals	det
2	goals	goal	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 attained	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 attained	aux:pass
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	_	5 attained	advmod
5	attained	attain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	without	without	SCONJ	_	7 saving	mark
7	saving	save	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 attained	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attain	present · passive		the goals				thereby property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	save	gerund							vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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