Exam question 1 · Honesty with money: too much change and the found wallet

Which of the following most accurately characterises the obligation arising upon the receipt of excessive change?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: obligation · What happens: follow, characteris, arise, receipt · To what, where: obligation, receipt, excessive change

This is exam question 1 of lesson 95 «Honesty with money: too much change and the found wallet» of the religion ethics 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	7 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	SCONJ	_	7 characterises	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 characterises	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 characterises	csubj
5	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	6 accurately	advmod
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	7 characterises	advmod
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 obligation	det
9	obligation	obligation	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 characterises	obj
10	arising	arise	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 obligation	acl
11	upon	upon	ADP	_	13 receipt	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 receipt	det
13	receipt	receipt	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 arising	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 change	case
15	excessive	excessive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 change	amod
16	change	change	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 receipt	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the obligation		accurately property	tree rules
3	arise	gerund	the obligation not said here		the receipt of excessive change		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon receipt=Location
4	receipt			excessive change			nom receipt «act 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 · ✓ the right answer

The excess ought to be returned, it being the property of another

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 excess	det
2	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 returned	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 returned	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 returned	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 returned	aux:pass
6	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 property	amod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 returned	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 property	nsubj
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 property	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 property	det
11	property	property	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 another	case
13	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	11 property	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	return	ought · passive		the excess					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is a	gerund	excess	the returned property				of another	tree rules

Option 2

The excess may be retained, the error being that of the shopkeeper

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 excess	det
2	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 retained	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 retained	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 retained	aux:pass
5	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 that	parataxis
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 that	punct
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 error	det
8	error	error	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 that	nsubj
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 that	cop
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	root	root
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 shopkeeper	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 shopkeeper	det
13	shopkeeper	shopkeeper	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 that	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	may · passive		the excess					tree rules
2	is a	gerund	the error	that				of the shopkeeper	tree rules

Option 3

The excess may be retained provided that it is spent promptly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 excess	det
2	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 provided	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 retained	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 retained	aux:pass
5	retained	retain	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 excess	acl:relcl
6	provided	provide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 spent	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 spent	nsubj:pass
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 spent	aux:pass
10	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 provided	ccomp
11	promptly	promptly	ADV	_	10 spent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	retain	may · passive		the excess not said here		tree rules
2	provide	past	the excess			vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme
3	spend	present · passive		excess	promptly property	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The excess ought to be donated to a charity of one's choosing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 excess	det
2	excess	excess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 donated	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 donated	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 donated	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 donated	aux:pass
6	donated	donate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 charity	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 charity	det
9	charity	charity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 donated	obl
10	of	of	SCONJ	_	13 choosing	mark
11	one	one	PRON	Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 choosing	nsubj
12	's	's	PART	_	11 one	case
13	choosing	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 charity	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	donate	ought · passive		the excess	a charity				vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to charity=Recipient
2	choose	gerund	one	a charity not said here					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent charity=Theme

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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