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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises free school meals? Exam question 1 of lesson 487 «Money is tight: free school meals and second-hand uniform» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo
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# Exam question 1 · Money is tight: free school meals and second-hand uniform

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises free school meals?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** free school meals

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 487 «Money is tight: free school meals and second-hand uniform» 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/487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises free school meals?
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	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	meals	meal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | 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 |  | free school meals |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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A reward conferred solely upon pupils of exemplary conduct and attainment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:e1:o1:1
# text = A reward conferred solely upon pupils of exemplary conduct and attainment
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reward	reward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	conferred	confer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	solely	solely	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	exemplary	exemplary	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	attainment	attainment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confer** | participle |  | a reward *not said here* |  |  |  | upon pupils of exemplary conduct and attainment; solely *property* | vn chit\_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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A penalty imposed upon families who have failed to settle their debts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:e1:o2:1
# text = A penalty imposed upon families who have failed to settle their debts
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	penalty	penalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	imposed	impose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	failed	fail	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	settle	settle	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
12	debts	debt	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **impose** | participle |  | a penalty *not said here* |  |  |  | upon families | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fail** | present · perfect | families |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **not** **settle** | to-infinitive | families *not said here* | families's debts |  |  |  |  | vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme debt=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A privilege reserved for the children of staff employed by the school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:e1:o3:1
# text = A privilege reserved for the children of staff employed by the school
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	privilege	privilege	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	reserved	reserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	staff	staff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
9	employed	employ	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
10	by	by	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reserve** | participle |  | a privilege *not said here* |  |  |  | for the children of staff | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for child=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **employ** | participle |  | staff *not said here* |  |  |  | by the school | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A fair provision for families of limited means, received by many pupils

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:e1:o4:1
# text = A fair provision for families of limited means, received by many pupils
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	provision	provision	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	limited	limited	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	nsubj	_	_
8	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	pupils	pupil	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | limited | families *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Topic |
| 2 | **receive** | participle |  | a fair provision for families *not said here* |  |  |  | by many pupils | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent by pupil=Location |

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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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