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title: Ascertain the purpose served by the taxation deducted from an employ… — Money, work and the big choices · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the purpose served by the taxation deducted from an employee's earnings. Exam question 4 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 was right.
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# Exam question 4 · Money, work and the big choices

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Ascertain the purpose served by the taxation deducted from an employee's earnings.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, serve, deduct · **To what, where:** purpose, taxation, earnings

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the purpose served by the taxation deducted from an employee's earnings.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	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	served	serve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	taxation	taxation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	deducted	deduct	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	employee	employee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	earnings	earning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 purpose |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purpose=Topic |
| 2 | **serve** | participle |  | the purpose *not said here* |  |  |  | by the taxation | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **deduct** | participle |  | the taxation *not said here* |  | a employee's earnings |  |  | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from earning=Source |

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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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The funding of public services such as schools and hospitals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e4:o1:1
# text = The funding of public services such as schools and hospitals
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	funding	funding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	8	case	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	schools	school	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	hospitals	hospital	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fund** |  |  | public services such schools and hospitals |  |  |  |  | nom funding «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The purchase of the employee's travel to work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e4:o2:1
# text = The purchase of the employee's travel to work
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	employee	employee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	travel	travel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	work	work	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **purchase** |  |  | the employee's travel |  |  |  |  | nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **travel** |  | the employee |  |  |  |  |  | nom travel «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The payment of the employee's own pension in full

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e4:o3:1
# text = The payment of the employee's own pension in full
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	employee	employee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	pension	pension	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** |  |  | the employee's own pension |  |  |  |  | nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **pension** |  | the employee |  |  |  |  |  | nom pension «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The enlargement of the employer's personal income and of the company's profits

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:39-money-work-and-the-big-choices:e4:o4:1
# text = The enlargement of the employer's personal income and of the company's profits
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	enlargement	enlargement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	employer	employer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	income	income	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	's	PART	POS	_	12	case	_	_
14	profits	profit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enlarge** |  |  | the employer's personal income |  |  |  |  | nom enlargement «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **profit** |  | the company |  |  |  |  |  | nom profit «possession intransitive»: poss=agent |

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