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description: Whereas a cashier has tendered change in excess of the sum due, identify the course of action consistent with honesty. Exam question 2 of lesson 273 «Shops, restaurants and libraries» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each
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# Exam question 2 · Shops, restaurants and libraries

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Whereas a cashier has tendered change in excess of the sum due, identify the course of action consistent with honesty.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** tender, identify · **To what, where:** cashier, excess, course

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 273 «Shops, restaurants and libraries» 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/273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:e2:1
# text = Whereas a cashier has tendered change in excess of the sum due, identify the course of action consistent with honesty.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cashier	cashier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	tendered	tender	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	advcl	_	_
6	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	excess	excess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	due	due	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
14	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	amod	_	_
20	with	with	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	honesty	honesty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tender** | present · perfect · passive |  | a cashier |  | excess of the sum |  | due *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |

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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 excess shall be spent before leaving the premises of the shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:e2:o1:1
# text = The excess shall be spent before leaving the premises of the shop
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	excess	excess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	spent	spend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	premises	premise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | shall · passive |  | the excess |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund |  | the premises of the shop |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent premise=Theme |
| 3 | **premise** |  |  | the shop |  |  |  |  | nom premise «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

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The excess shall be declared and returned to the cashier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:e2:o2:1
# text = The excess shall be declared and returned to the cashier
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	excess	excess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	declared	declare	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	returned	return	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cashier	cashier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **declare** *speech: other* | shall · passive |  | the excess |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Attribute |
| 2 | **return** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to the cashier *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to cashier=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The excess may be retained as the cashier's own error

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:e2:o3:1
# text = The excess may be retained as the cashier's own error
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	excess	excess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	retained	retain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cashier	cashier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	error	error	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retain** | may · passive |  | the excess |  |  |  | as the cashier's own error | tree rules |
| 2 | **err** |  | the cashier |  |  |  |  |  | nom error «act intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The excess shall be placed in a charity box

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:273-shops-restaurants-and-libraries:e2:o4:1
# text = The excess shall be placed in a charity box
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	excess	excess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	placed	place	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **place** | shall · passive |  | the excess |  | a charity box |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in box=Destination |

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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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