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title: Identify the circumstance in which a retailer is ordinarily obliged… — Receipts, refunds, queues and self-che… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the circumstance in which a retailer is ordinarily obliged to provide a refund, repair or replacement. Exam question 3 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
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# Exam question 3 · Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout

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Identify the circumstance in which a retailer is ordinarily obliged to provide a refund, repair or replacement.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, oblige, provide · **To what, where:** circumstance, retailer, refund

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:e3:1
# text = Identify the circumstance in which a retailer is ordinarily obliged to provide a refund, repair or replacement.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	circumstance	circumstance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	retailer	retailer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
9	ordinarily	ordinarily	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	provide	provide	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	refund	refund	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	repair	repair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	replacement	replacement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	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 circumstance |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent circumstance=Theme |
| 2 | **oblige** | present · passive |  | a retailer |  | the circumstance |  | ordinarily *property* | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 3 | **provide** | to-infinitive |  | a refund and repair or replacement |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition refund=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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Where the purchaser has merely altered his opinion

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:e3:o1:1
# text = Where the purchaser has merely altered his opinion
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	purchaser	purchaser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	altered	alter	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	opinion	opinion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **alter** | present · perfect · passive |  | the purchaser |  |  |  | merely *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **opine** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom opinion «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Where the purchaser has mislaid the goods

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:e3:o2:1
# text = Where the purchaser has mislaid the goods
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	5	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	purchaser	purchaser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	mislaid	mislay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mislay** | present · perfect · passive |  | the purchaser |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Where the goods supplied are faulty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:e3:o3:1
# text = Where the goods supplied are faulty
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	6	nsubj	_	_
4	supplied	supply	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	faulty	faulty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **supply** | participle |  | the goods *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the goods |  |  |  |  | faulty *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Where the goods have been consumed in their entirety

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:e3:o4:1
# text = Where the goods have been consumed in their entirety
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	entirety	entirety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **consume** | present · perfect · passive |  | the goods |  | goods's entirety |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |

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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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