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title: Which of the following most accurately characterises an offer subjec… — Moving house and renting a home · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following most accurately characterises an offer subject to survey? Exam question 1 of lesson 10 «Moving house and renting a home» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Exam question 1 · Moving house and renting a home

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Which of the following most accurately characterises an offer subject to survey?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** offer subject

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 10 «Moving house and renting a home» of the adult life 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/adult-life/10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:e1:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises an offer subject to survey?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	survey	survey	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a offer subject |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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An offer conditional upon an expert inspection of the property

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:e1:o1:1
# text = An offer conditional upon an expert inspection of the property
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	conditional	conditional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	expert	expert	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	inspection	inspection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inspect** |  |  | the property |  |  |  |  | nom inspection «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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An offer which is binding irrespective of any defects that may be found

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:e1:o2:1
# text = An offer which is binding irrespective of any defects that may be found
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	binding	bind	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	acl:relcl	_	_
6	irrespective	irrespective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	defects	defect	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bind** | present · progressive | a offer |  |  |  |  | irrespective *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **find** | may · passive |  | any defects |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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An offer which concludes the sale on the same day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:e1:o3:1
# text = An offer which concludes the sale on the same day
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	concludes	conclude	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **conclude** | present | a offer | the sale |  |  | day |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sale=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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An offer made by the vendor to the purchaser

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:e1:o4:1
# text = An offer made by the vendor to the purchaser
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	vendor	vendor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	purchaser	purchaser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

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