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# Exam question 1 · Unit prices and sales that are not really sales

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "unit price"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** term

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 13 «Unit prices and sales that are not really sales» 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/13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "unit price"?
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	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	unit	unit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	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 term |  |  |  | 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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The price prevailing upon Black Friday only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:e1:o1:1
# text = The price prevailing upon Black Friday only
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	prevailing	prevail	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	Black	Black	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
6	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prevail** | gerund | the price *not said here* |  |  |  | friday |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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The price expressed in respect of a single gram, litre or item

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:e1:o2:1
# text = The price expressed in respect of a single gram, litre or item
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	expressed	express	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	single	single	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	gram	gram	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	litre	litre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
12	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **express** | participle |  | the price *not said here* |  | respect of a single gram and litre or item |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | a single gram and litre or item |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The price displayed upon a sign bearing the word "sale"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:e1:o3:1
# text = The price displayed upon a sign bearing the word "sale"
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	displayed	display	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **display** | past | the price |  |  |  |  | upon a sign | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **bear** | gerund | a sign *not said here* | the word |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The price of the largest package available

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:e1:o4:1
# text = The price of the largest package available
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	largest	large	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	package	package	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	available	available	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
```

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

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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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