Exam question 3 · Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more

Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the term "tariff".

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: select, establish, mean · To what, where: response, term

This is exam question 3 of lesson 18 «Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more» of the politics 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	3 response	amod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 meaning	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 meaning	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 meaning	amod
8	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 consistent	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 term	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 term	det
11	term	term	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 meaning	nmod
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 tariff	punct
13	tariff	tariff	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 term	appos
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 tariff	punct
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response	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	mean			the term	nom meaning «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A tax levied upon goods imported from abroad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 tax	det
2	tax	tax	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	levied	levy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 tax	acl
4	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 goods	case
5	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	3 levied	obl
6	imported	import	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 tax	acl
7	from	from	ADP	_	8 abroad	case
8	abroad	abroad	ADV	_	6 imported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	levy	participle		a tax not said here				upon goods	tree rules
2	import	participle		a tax not said here					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent from abroad=Initial_Location

Option 2

A reduction in the size of a product at a constant price

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 reduction	det
2	reduction	reduction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 size	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 size	det
5	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduction	nmod
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 product	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 product	det
8	product	product	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 size	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 price	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 price	det
11	constant	constant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 price	amod
12	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reduction	nmod

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

Option 3

A limit upon the price charged per unit of energy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 limit	det
2	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 charged	nsubj
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	5 price	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 price	det
5	price	price	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 limit	nmod
6	charged	charge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	per	per	ADP	_	8 unit	case
8	unit	unit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 charged	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 energy	case
10	energy	energy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 unit	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charge	past	a limit upon the price					per unit of energy	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

A payment made to workers by the government

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 payment	det
2	payment	payment	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 payment	acl
4	to	to	ADP	_	5 workers	case
5	workers	worker	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 made	obl:agent
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 government	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 government	det
8	government	government	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	participle		a payment not said here					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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