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description: Select the statement consistent with the established facts concerning the enforcement of debts by bailiffs. Exam question 3 of lesson 8 «Borrowing and debt» 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 · Borrowing and debt

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Select the statement consistent with the established facts concerning the enforcement of debts by bailiffs.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, enforce · **To what, where:** statement, enforcement, debts

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 8 «Borrowing and debt» 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/8-borrowing-and-debt/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:8-borrowing-and-debt:e3:1
# text = Select the statement consistent with the established facts concerning the enforcement of debts by bailiffs.
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	enforcement	enforcement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	debts	debt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
14	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	bailiffs	bailiff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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* | the enforcement of debts |  |  |  | by bailiffs | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus enforcement=Experiencer |
| 4 | **enforce** |  |  | debts |  |  |  |  | nom enforcement «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Bailiffs act solely on the instruction of neighbours

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:8-borrowing-and-debt:e3:o1:1
# text = Bailiffs act solely on the instruction of neighbours
1	Bailiffs	bailiff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	act	act	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	neighbours	neighbour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **act** | present | Bailiffs |  |  | the instruction of neighbours |  | solely *property* | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent on instruction=Eventuality |
| 2 | **instruct** |  |  | neighbours |  |  |  |  | nom instruction «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Enforcement occurs only after a court decision, subject to strict rules

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:8-borrowing-and-debt:e3:o2:1
# text = Enforcement occurs only after a court decision, subject to strict rules
1	Enforcement	enforcement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	occurs	occur	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	court	court	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	decision	decision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	subject	subject	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	strict	strict	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | present | Enforcement | a court decision and subject |  |  |  | to strict rules | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Enforcement may occur at any hour and without any prior warning whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:8-borrowing-and-debt:e3:o3:1
# text = Enforcement may occur at any hour and without any prior warning whatsoever
1	Enforcement	enforcement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	occur	occur	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	11	det	_	_
10	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
12	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **occur** | may | Enforcement |  |  |  | hour | whatsoever *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bailiffs are empowered to seize essential household items

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:8-borrowing-and-debt:e3:o4:1
# text = Bailiffs are empowered to seize essential household items
1	Bailiffs	bailiff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	empowered	empower	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	seize	seize	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	essential	essential	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	items	item	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **empower** | present · passive |  | Bailiffs |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **seize** | to-infinitive |  | essential household items |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent item=Theme |

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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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