Exam question 3 · Honest money: earning, raising and paying fairly

Identify the principle governing money raised publicly for a charitable cause.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, principle · What happens: identify, govern, raise · To what, where: principle, money

This is exam question 3 of lesson 96 «Honest money: earning, raising and paying fairly» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 principle	det
3	principle	principle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	governing	govern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 principle	acl
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 governing	obj
6	raised	raise	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 money	acl
7	publicly	publicly	ADV	_	6 raised	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 cause	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cause	det
10	charitable	charitable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 cause	amod
11	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 raised	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the principle		vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent principle=Theme
2	govern	gerund	the principle not said here	money		vn supervision-95.2.2 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent money=Theme
3	raise	participle		money not said here	for a charitable cause; publicly property	vn put_direction-9.4 «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 right answer

Such money ought to be applied wholly to that cause unless all parties have agreed otherwise

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 money	amod
2	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 applied	nsubj:pass
3	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 applied	aux
4	to	to	PART	_	6 applied	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 applied	aux:pass
6	applied	apply	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	wholly	wholly	ADV	_	6 applied	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 cause	case
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 cause	det
10	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 applied	obl
11	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	15 agreed	mark
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 parties	det
13	parties	party	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 agreed	nsubj:pass
14	have	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 agreed	aux
15	agreed	agree	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 applied	advcl
16	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	_	15 agreed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	apply	ought · passive		Such money				to that cause; wholly property	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	agree speech: agree a condition, not said to happen	present · perfect · passive		all parties				otherwise property	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: subject=Topic

Option 2

Such money may be retained by those who collected it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 money	amod
2	money	money	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	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 those	case
7	those	that	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	5 retained	obl:agent
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 collected	nsubj
9	collected	collect	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 those	acl:relcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 collected	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	retain	may · passive	those	Such money					tree rules
2	collect	past		money					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

Such money may be divided among the organisers in equal shares

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 money	amod
2	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 divided	nsubj:pass
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 divided	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 divided	aux:pass
5	divided	divide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	among	among	ADP	_	8 organisers	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 organisers	det
8	organisers	organiser	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 divided	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 shares	case
10	equal	equal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 shares	amod
11	shares	share	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 divided	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	divide	may · passive		Such money		equal shares		among the organisers	vn multiply-108-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4

Such money belongs to whoever donated the largest sum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 money	amod
2	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 belongs	nsubj
3	belongs	belong	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 donated	case
5	whoever	whoever	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 donated	nsubj
6	donated	donate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 belongs	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sum	det
8	largest	large	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 sum	amod
9	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 donated	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	belong	present	Such money						tree rules
2	donate	past	whoever	the largest sum					vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sum=Theme

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