--- title: Select the response that most accurately characterises the deduction… — Money, work and the big choices · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response that most accurately characterises the deductions itemised upon a payslip. Exam question 1 of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» 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 w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/e1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Money, work and the big choices](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Money, work and the big choices Select the response that most accurately characterises the deductions itemised upon a payslip. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, most · **What happens:** select, characteris, itemis · **To what, where:** response, deductions This is exam question 1 of lesson 39 «Money, work and the big choices» 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/39-money-work-and-the-big-choices/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e1:1 # text = Select the response that most accurately characterises the deductions itemised upon a payslip. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 most most ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 7 nsubj _ _ 6 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 deductions deduction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 itemised itemis VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 acl _ _ 11 upon upon ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 payslip payslip NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **characteris** | present | most | the deductions | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **itemis** | participle | | the deductions *not said here* | | | | upon a payslip | tree rules | 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} Contributions to the employer's personal savings ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e1:o1:1 # text = Contributions to the employer's personal savings 1 Contributions contribution NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 employer employer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's 's PART POS _ 4 case _ _ 6 personal personal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 savings savings NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 1 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** | | the employer | | | | | | nom savings «possession transitive»: poss=agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Sums such as tax and pension withheld prior to payment ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e1:o2:1 # text = Sums such as tax and pension withheld prior to payment 1 Sums sum NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 2 such such ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 4 case _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 2 fixed _ _ 4 tax tax NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 pension pension NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 7 withheld withhold VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 prior prior ADJ JJ Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP 10 case _ _ 9 to to ADP IN _ 8 fixed _ _ 10 payment payment NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **withhold** | past | Sums such tax and pension | | | | | prior payment | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Penalties imposed for late arrival at work ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e1:o3:1 # text = Penalties imposed for late arrival at work 1 Penalties penalty NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 imposed impose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 late late ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 arrival arrival NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 work work NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **impose** | participle | | Penalties *not said here* | | | | for late arrival at work | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Charges levied by the bank for holding the account ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e1:o4:1 # text = Charges levied by the bank for holding the account 1 Charges charge NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 2 levied levy VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 by by ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bank bank NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 for for SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **levy** | participle | | Charges *not said here* | | | | by the bank | tree rules | | 2 | **hold** | gerund | | the account | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=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. 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