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# Exam question 3 · What money is and why people accept it

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Identify the principal consequence of a government issuing a greatly increased quantity of money whilst the quantity of goods remains unchanged.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, principal consequence · **What happens:** identify, issue, increase, remain · **To what, where:** increased quantity

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:e3:1
# text = Identify the principal consequence of a government issuing a greatly increased quantity of money whilst the quantity of goods remains unchanged.
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	consequence	consequence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	issuing	issue	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	greatly	greatly	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	increased	increase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	amod	_	_
12	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	17	nmod	_	_
20	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
21	unchanged	unchanged	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **issue** | gerund | the principal consequence of a government *not said here* | a increased quantity of money |  |  |  | whilst the quantity of goods | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location quantity=Theme |
| 3 | **increase** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | greatly *property* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **remain** | present | the principal consequence of a government |  |  |  |  | unchanged *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 automatic conversion of all banknotes into gold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:e3:o1:1
# text = The automatic conversion of all banknotes into gold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	automatic	automatic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	conversion	conversion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	banknotes	banknote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convert** |  |  | all banknotes into gold |  |  |  |  | nom conversion «event transitive»: of=patient |

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

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A general rise in prices, such that no person is made richer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:e3:o2:1
# text = A general rise in prices, such that no person is made richer
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	rise	rise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	10	case	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	fixed	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
13	richer	rich	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | a general rise in prices and no person |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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No alteration whatsoever in prices or in wealth

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:e3:o3:1
# text = No alteration whatsoever in prices or in wealth
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	alteration	alteration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	wealth	wealth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A general fall in prices, such that all persons are made richer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:e3:o4:1
# text = A general fall in prices, such that all persons are made richer
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	general	general	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	fall	fall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
7	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	12	mark	_	_
8	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
13	richer	rich	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive | a general fall in prices *not said here* | all persons |  |  |  | rich *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

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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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