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description: It is given that a telephone contract obliges the subscriber to remit twenty-five pounds per month for a period of twenty-four months. Determine the total sum payable. Exam question 3 of lesson 21 «Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax» of the money course of Mova's primary school
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# Exam question 3 · Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax

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It is given that a telephone contract obliges the subscriber to remit twenty-five pounds per month for a period of twenty-four months. Determine the total sum payable.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** telephone contract, you · **What happens:** give, oblige, remit, determine · **To what, where:** It, subscriber, five pounds, total sum payable

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 21 «Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax» 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/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a telephone contract obliges the subscriber to remit twenty-five pounds per month for a period of twenty-four months.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:e3:1
# text = It is given that a telephone contract obliges the subscriber to remit twenty-five pounds per month for a period of twenty-four months.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	telephone	telephone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	contract	contract	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	obliges	oblige	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	subscriber	subscriber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	remit	remit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	_
13	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
17	per	per	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	for	for	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	period	period	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
22	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
23	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	25	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	26	nummod	_	_
26	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **oblige** | present | a telephone contract | the subscriber |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subscriber=Patient |
| 3 | **remit** | to-infinitive | a telephone contract *not said here* | five pounds |  |  | per month | for a period of four months | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent pound=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine the total sum payable.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:e3:2
# text = Determine the total sum payable.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	payable	payable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the total sum payable |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent payable=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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£500

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:e3:o1:1
# text = £500
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	500	500	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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£480

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:e3:o2:1
# text = £480
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	480	480	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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£625

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:e3:o3:1
# text = £625
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	625	625	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
£600

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:e3:o4:1
# text = £600
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	600	600	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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

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