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title: Identify the course of action most consistent with honesty where cha… — Prices and change at the till · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the course of action most consistent with honesty where change in excess of the correct amount is received. Exam question 4 of lesson 11 «Prices and change at the till» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; 
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# Exam question 4 · Prices and change at the till

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Identify the course of action most consistent with honesty where change in excess of the correct amount is received.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, receive · **To what, where:** course, change

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 11 «Prices and change at the till» 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/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:e4:1
# text = Identify the course of action most consistent with honesty where change in excess of the correct amount is received.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	honesty	honesty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	19	advmod	_	_
11	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	excess	excess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	amount	amount	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
19	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 2 | **receive** | present · passive |  | change in excess of the correct amount |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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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Departing the premises with expedition

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:e4:o1:1
# text = Departing the premises with expedition
1	Departing	depart	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	premises	premise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	expedition	expedition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **depart** | gerund |  | the premises |  |  |  | with expedition | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme premise=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Requesting a further sum from the cashier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:e4:o2:1
# text = Requesting a further sum from the cashier
1	Requesting	request	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	further	further	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cashier	cashier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **request** | gerund |  | a further sum |  | the cashier |  |  | vn beg-58.2 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent sum=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Retaining the excess without any remark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:e4:o3:1
# text = Retaining the excess without any remark
1	Retaining	retain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	excess	excess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	remark	remark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retain** | gerund |  | the excess |  |  |  | without any remark | tree rules |

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

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Informing the cashier of the excess

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:e4:o4:1
# text = Informing the cashier of the excess
1	Informing	inform	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cashier	cashier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	excess	excess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **inform** *speech: other* | gerund |  | the cashier of the excess |  |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent cashier=Recipient |

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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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