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title: Which of the following most accurately characterises council tax? — Paying for a home and the bills · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following most accurately characterises council tax? Exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Paying for a home and the bills» 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 · Paying for a home and the bills

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Which of the following most accurately characterises council tax?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, be

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 6 «Paying for a home and the bills» 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/6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:e2:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises council tax?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	case	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of the council tax; accurately *property* | 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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A premium remitted to an insurer annually

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:e2:o1:1
# text = A premium remitted to an insurer annually
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	premium	premium	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	remitted	remit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	insurer	insurer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	annually	annually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remit** | participle |  | a premium *not said here* | a insurer |  |  | annually *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to insurer=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A payment to a landlord for the occupation of a rented dwelling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:e2:o2:1
# text = A payment to a landlord for the occupation of a rented dwelling
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	occupation	occupation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	rented	rent	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rent** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **occupy** |  |  | a rented dwelling |  |  |  |  | nom occupation «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A charge levied on each household to fund local services

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:e2:o3:1
# text = A charge levied on each household to fund local services
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	levied	levy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	fund	fund	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
9	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **levy** | participle |  | a charge *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **fund** | to-infinitive |  | local services |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A charge for the consumption of gas and electricity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:e2:o4:1
# text = A charge for the consumption of gas and electricity
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	consumption	consumption	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** |  |  | gas |  |  |  |  | nom consumption «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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