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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the nature of money? Exam question 1 of lesson 1 «What money is and why people accept it» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · What money is and why people accept it

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the nature of money?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** nature

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 1 «What money is and why people accept it» of the money 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/money/1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the nature of money?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	nature	nature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	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 |  | the nature of money |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Money is exclusively gold retained within a national vault

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:e1:o1:1
# text = Money is exclusively gold retained within a national vault
1	Money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	retained	retain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	national	national	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	vault	vault	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Money | gold |  |  |  | exclusively *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **retain** | participle |  | gold *not said here* |  |  |  | within a national vault | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Money is any article possessing considerable weight and a bright, shiny appearance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:e1:o2:1
# text = Money is any article possessing considerable weight and a bright, shiny appearance
1	Money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	possessing	possess	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	considerable	considerable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
10	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
12	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	appearance	appearance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Money | any article and a bright shiny appearance |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **possess** | gerund | any article and a bright shiny appearance *not said here* | considerable weight |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot weight=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Money is any object which its owner personally regards as being of value

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:e1:o3:1
# text = Money is any object which its owner personally regards as being of value
1	Money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	object	object	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	obj	_	_
6	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	personally	personally	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	regards	regard	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	cop	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Money | any object |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **regard** | present | Money's owner | any object |  |  |  | personally *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | as value | tree rules |

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

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Money is any article universally accepted in exchange for goods and services

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:e1:o4:1
# text = Money is any article universally accepted in exchange for goods and services
1	Money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	det	_	_
4	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	universally	universally	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	accepted	accept	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	8	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Money | any article |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **accept** | participle |  | any article *not said here* |  | exchange for goods and services |  | universally *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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