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# Exam question 1 · Gift cards and birthday money: making it last

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Identify the principal reason for which a gift card code ought to be kept secure until used.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, keep, use · **To what, where:** principal reason, card code

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 415 «Gift cards and birthday money: making it last» 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/415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a gift card code ought to be kept secure until used.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	gift	gift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	code	code	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
13	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	aux:pass	_	_
14	kept	keep	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
15	secure	secure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
16	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
17	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** | ought · passive | you *not said here* | a card code |  |  |  | for the principal reason; secure *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 3 | **use** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Any person who obtains the code may spend its value

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:e1:o1:1
# text = Any person who obtains the code may spend its value
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	obtains	obtain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	code	code	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	spend	spend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **obtain** | present | any person | the code |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent code=Theme |
| 2 | **spend** | may | any person | person's value |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent value=Asset |
| 3 | **value** |  | person |  |  |  |  |  | nom value «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The code becomes valid only after being shown to others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:e1:o2:1
# text = The code becomes valid only after being shown to others
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	code	code	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	valid	valid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
6	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	shown	show	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **become** | present | the code |  |  |  |  | valid *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **show** | gerund · passive | the code *not said here* |  | others |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient how S»: to other=Recipient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The code may only be used by a parent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:e1:o3:1
# text = The code may only be used by a parent
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	code	code	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | may · passive | a parent | the code |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The code expires upon being read aloud

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:415-gift-cards-and-birthday-money:e1:o4:1
# text = The code expires upon being read aloud
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	code	code	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	expires	expire	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	read	read	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
7	aloud	aloud	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **expire** | present | the code |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **read** | gerund · passive | the code *not said here* |  |  |  |  | aloud *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V» |

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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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