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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a receipt? Exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout» 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 · Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a receipt?

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

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 14 «Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout» 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/14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a receipt?
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	receipt	receipt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 |  | a receipt |  |  |  | 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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A voucher entitling the bearer to a reduction upon a future purchase

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:e1:o1:1
# text = A voucher entitling the bearer to a reduction upon a future purchase
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	voucher	voucher	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	entitling	entitle	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bearer	bearer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	reduction	reduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	future	future	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entitle** | gerund | a voucher *not said here* | the bearer |  |  |  | to a reduction upon a future purchase | tree rules |

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

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A document evidencing the goods purchased, the date and the sum paid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:e1:o2:1
# text = A document evidencing the goods purchased, the date and the sum paid
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	document	document	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	evidencing	evidence	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	3	obj	_	_
6	purchased	purchase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
13	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **evidence** | gerund | a document and the date and the sum *not said here* | the goods |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **purchase** | participle | a document and the date and the sum *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 3 | **pay** | participle |  | a document and the date and the sum *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A token determining a customer's place in a queue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:e1:o3:1
# text = A token determining a customer's place in a queue
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	token	token	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	determining	determine	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	customer	customer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	queue	queue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | gerund | a token *not said here* | a customer's place |  | a queue |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A list of articles which a customer intends to acquire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:e1:o4:1
# text = A list of articles which a customer intends to acquire
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	list	list	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	articles	article	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	customer	customer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	acl:relcl	_	_
8	intends	intend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	acquire	acquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **customer** |  | articles |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **intend** | present | a list of articles |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **acquire** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a list of articles *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 4 | **list** |  |  | articles |  |  |  |  | nom list «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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