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title: Identify the purpose of a deposit remitted at the commencement of a… — Moving house and renting a home · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the purpose of a deposit remitted at the commencement of a tenancy. Exam question 2 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 2 · Moving house and renting a home

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Identify the purpose of a deposit remitted at the commencement of a tenancy.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, deposit · **What happens:** identify, remit, purpose · **To what, where:** purpose, deposit, commencement

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:e2:1
# text = Identify the purpose of a deposit remitted at the commencement of a tenancy.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	deposit	deposit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	remitted	remit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	commencement	commencement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	tenancy	tenancy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the purpose of a deposit |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **remit** | participle |  | a deposit *not said here* |  | the commencement of a tenancy |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **purpose** |  | a deposit |  |  |  |  |  | nom purpose «cognition intransitive»: of=agent |

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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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To secure the landlord against damage, being returnable if none is caused

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:e2:o1:1
# text = To secure the landlord against damage, being returnable if none is caused
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	secure	secure	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	against	against	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	damage	damage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	cop	_	_
9	returnable	returnable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **secure** | to-infinitive |  | the landlord |  |  |  | against damage | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition landlord=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | returnable *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **cause** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | none |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To purchase a share in the ownership of the dwelling for the tenants

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:e2:o2:1
# text = To purchase a share in the ownership of the dwelling for the tenants
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	purchase	purchase	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ownership	ownership	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	tenants	tenant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purchase** | to-infinitive |  | a share |  | the ownership of the dwelling |  | for the tenants | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent share=Theme for tenant=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To remunerate the estate agent for viewings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:e2:o3:1
# text = To remunerate the estate agent for viewings
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	remunerate	remunerate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	estate	estate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	agent	agent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	viewings	viewing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remunerate** | to-infinitive |  | the estate agent |  |  |  | for viewings | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent agent=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To discharge the first year's rent in advance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:10-moving-house-and-renting-a-home:e2:o4:1
# text = To discharge the first year's rent in advance
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	discharge	discharge	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	rent	rent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	advance	advance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discharge** | to-infinitive |  | the first year's rent |  | advance |  |  | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rent=Theme |
| 2 | **rent** |  | the first year |  |  |  |  |  | nom rent «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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**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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