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# Exam question 4 · Coins and notes: pounds and pence, dollars and cents

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Identify the principal reason for which banknotes incorporate transparent windows and images that alter upon tilting.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, banknotes, images · **What happens:** identify, incorporate, alter, tilt · **To what, where:** principal reason, transparent windows

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 2 «Coins and notes: pounds and pence, dollars and cents» 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/2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:e4:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which banknotes incorporate transparent windows and images that alter upon tilting.
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	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
7	banknotes	banknote	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	incorporate	incorporate	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	transparent	transparent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	windows	window	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	images	image	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	alter	alter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	tilting	tilt	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	14	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **incorporate** | present | banknotes | transparent windows and images |  |  |  | for the principal reason | vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Patient |
| 3 | **alter** | present | images |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 4 | **tilt** | gerund | images *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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To render counterfeiting difficult and detection straightforward

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:e4:o1:1
# text = To render counterfeiting difficult and detection straightforward
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	render	render	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	counterfeiting	counterfeit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	obj	_	_
4	difficult	difficult	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	detection	detection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	straightforward	straightforward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **render** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **counterfeit** | gerund |  | difficult |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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To permit the holder to ascertain the balance of an account

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:e4:o2:1
# text = To permit the holder to ascertain the balance of an account
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	permit	permit	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	holder	holder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	balance	balance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | to-infinitive |  | the holder |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer holder=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **ascertain** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | the balance of a account |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balance=Topic |
| 3 | **balance** |  | a account |  |  |  |  |  | nom balance «state intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To reduce the cost of production of each note

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:e4:o3:1
# text = To reduce the cost of production of each note
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	reduce	reduce	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	production	production	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | to-infinitive |  | the cost of production of each note |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer cost=Patient |
| 2 | **cost** |  |  | production |  |  |  |  | nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To indicate the date upon which the note shall expire

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:e4:o4:1
# text = To indicate the date upon which the note shall expire
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	indicate	indicate	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	date	date	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	expire	expire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | to-infinitive |  | the date |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot date=Topic |
| 2 | **expire** | shall | the note |  |  |  |  | upon the date | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=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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