--- title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a lo… — Prices, change, borrowing and lending · tree and pragmatics description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a loan? Exam question 2 of lesson 262 «Prices, change, borrowing and lending» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Prices, change, borrowing and lending](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Prices, change, borrowing and lending Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a loan? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** loan This is exam question 2 of lesson 262 «Prices, change, borrowing and lending» of the everyday 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/everyday/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:e2:1 # text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a loan? 1 Which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 8 nsubj _ _ 2 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 following follow VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 amod _ _ 5 statements statement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 6 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 7 advmod _ _ 7 accurately accurately ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 characterises characteris VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 loan loan NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **characteris** | present | | a loan | | | | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules | 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 {#o1} Money that need never be repaid ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:e2:o1:1 # text = Money that need never be repaid 1 Money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 obj _ _ 3 need need AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 repaid repay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **repay** | present · passive | | Money | | | | | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: that=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Money earned by working ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:e2:o2:1 # text = Money earned by working 1 Money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 earned earn VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 by by SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 working work VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **earn** | participle | | Money *not said here* | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **work** | gerund | | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Money borrowed that must be repaid, often with interest ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:e2:o3:1 # text = Money borrowed that must be repaid, often with interest 1 Money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 borrowed borrow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 that that PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 obj _ _ 4 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 repaid repay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 often often ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **borrow** | participle | Money *not said here* | Money | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme | | 2 | **repay** | must · passive | | Money | | | | with interest; often *property* | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: subject=Recipient with interest=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Money given as a gift ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:e2:o4:1 # text = Money given as a gift 1 Money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 as as ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 gift gift NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | participle | | Money *not said here* | | | | as a gift | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | **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. 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