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title: Identify the principal source from which state benefits are funded. — Where money comes from · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal source from which state benefits are funded. Exam question 2 of lesson 5 «Where money comes from» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · Where money comes from

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Identify the principal source from which state benefits are funded.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, fund · **To what, where:** principal source, state benefits

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 5 «Where money comes from» 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/5-where-money-comes-from/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal source from which state benefits are funded.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	source	source	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	state	state	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	benefits	benefit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	funded	fund	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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 principal source |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent source=Theme |
| 2 | **fund** | present · passive |  | state benefits |  | the principal source |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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The profits of commercial banks

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:e2:o1:1
# text = The profits of commercial banks
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	profits	profit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	commercial	commercial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	banks	bank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **profit** |  | commercial banks |  |  |  |  |  | nom profit «possession intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Voluntary donations from wealthy individuals and charitable bodies

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:e2:o2:1
# text = Voluntary donations from wealthy individuals and charitable bodies
1	Voluntary	voluntary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	donations	donation	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	wealthy	wealthy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	individuals	individual	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	charitable	charitable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bodies	body	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The pocket money of children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:e2:o3:1
# text = The pocket money of children
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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General taxation contributed by the population at large

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:e2:o4:1
# text = General taxation contributed by the population at large
1	General	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	taxation	taxation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	contributed	contribute	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	population	population	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **contribute** | participle |  | General taxation *not said here* |  | large |  | by the population | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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