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# Exam question 1 · Looking after yourself and a home

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Ascertain the consequence most probably incurred by a householder who fails to remit payment of a utility bill by the date stipulated.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, householder · **What happens:** ascertain, incur, fail, not remit, stipulate, pay · **To what, where:** consequence, payment, date, utility bill

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 38 «Looking after yourself and 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/38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:e1:1
# text = Ascertain the consequence most probably incurred by a householder who fails to remit payment of a utility bill by the date stipulated.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	incurred	incur	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	householder	householder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	fails	fail	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	remit	remit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	utility	utility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
19	by	by	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
22	stipulated	stipulate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	21	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the consequence |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent consequence=Topic |
| 2 | **incur** | participle |  | the consequence *not said here* |  |  |  | by a householder; probably *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **fail** | present | a householder |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **not** **remit** | to-infinitive | a householder *not said here* | payment of a utility bill |  |  |  | by the date | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent payment=Theme |
| 5 | **stipulate** | participle |  | the date *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **pay** |  |  | a utility bill |  |  |  |  | nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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Payment of the sum by the local authority on his behalf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:e1:o1:1
# text = Payment of the sum by the local authority on his behalf
1	Payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	authority	authority	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	behalf	behalf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** |  | the local authority on his behalf | the sum |  |  |  |  | nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient by=agent |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Additional charges, and possible disconnection of the service

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:e1:o2:1
# text = Additional charges, and possible disconnection of the service
1	Additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	charges	charge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	disconnection	disconnection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **disconnect** |  |  | the service |  |  |  |  | nom disconnection «state transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A complimentary extension of the service

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:e1:o3:1
# text = A complimentary extension of the service
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	complimentary	complimentary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	extension	extension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Automatic cancellation of the outstanding sum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:38-looking-after-yourself-and-a-home:e1:o4:1
# text = Automatic cancellation of the outstanding sum
1	Automatic	automatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	cancellation	cancellation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	outstanding	outstanding	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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