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description: Select the statement consistent with the established facts concerning payment by direct debit. Exam question 3 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 wa
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# Exam question 3 · Paying for a home and the bills

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Select the statement consistent with the established facts concerning payment by direct debit.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts, direct debit · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, pay · **To what, where:** statement, payment

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:e3:1
# text = Select the statement consistent with the established facts concerning payment by direct debit.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	statement	statement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	direct	direct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	debit	debit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the statement |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent statement=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | payment |  |  |  | by direct debit | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus payment=Experiencer |
| 4 | **pay** |  | direct debit |  |  |  |  |  | nom payment «possession transitive»: by=agent |

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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 requires the attendance of the account holder in person at the bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:e3:o1:1
# text = Payment requires the attendance of the account holder in person at the bank
1	Payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	attendance	attendance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	holder	holder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | Payment | the attendance of the account holder in person |  | the bank |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme attendance=Precondition |
| 2 | **attend** |  |  | the account holder in person |  |  |  |  | nom attendance «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The bill is settled by the service provider itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:e3:o2:1
# text = The bill is settled by the service provider itself
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	settled	settle	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	service	service	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	provider	provider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	8	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **settle** | present · passive | the service provider  bill | the bill |  |  |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme subject=Location |

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

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Sums are withdrawn automatically, provided sufficient funds exist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:e3:o3:1
# text = Sums are withdrawn automatically, provided sufficient funds exist
1	Sums	sum	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	withdrawn	withdraw	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	automatically	automatically	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	provided	provide	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	funds	fund	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
9	exist	exist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **withdraw** | present · passive |  | Sums |  |  |  | automatically *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **provide** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V that S»: agent=Precondition clause=Theme |
| 3 | **exist** | present | sufficient funds |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Payment is made solely in cash at a post office

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:6-paying-for-a-home-and-the-bills:e3:o4:1
# text = Payment is made solely in cash at a post office
1	Payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	post	post	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | Payment |  | cash |  | at a post office; solely *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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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