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title: Identify the principal purpose for which council tax is levied. — Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal purpose for which council tax is levied. Exam question 4 of lesson 21 «Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax» 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 4 · Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Identify the principal purpose for which council tax is levied.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, levy · **To what, where:** principal purpose, council tax

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:e4:1
# text = Identify the principal purpose for which council tax is levied.
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	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obl	_	_
7	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	levied	levy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	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 purpose |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme |
| 2 | **levy** | present · passive |  | council tax |  |  |  | for the principal purpose | 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 repayment of a loan taken out for the purchase of a dwelling

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:e4:o1:1
# text = The repayment of a loan taken out for the purchase of a dwelling
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	repayment	repayment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	loan	loan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	out	out	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	dwelling	dwelling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take out** | participle · passive |  | the repayment of a loan |  |  |  | for the purchase of a dwelling | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **repay** |  |  | a loan |  |  |  |  | nom repayment «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **purchase** |  |  | a dwelling |  |  |  |  | nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The funding of local services such as refuse collection, street lighting and libraries

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:e4:o2:1
# text = The funding of local services such as refuse collection, street lighting and libraries
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	funding	funding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	local	local	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	services	service	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|ExtPos=ADP	9	case	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	refuse	refuse	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	collection	collection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	lighting	lighting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	libraries	library	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fund** |  |  | local services such refuse collection |  |  |  |  | nom funding «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The settlement of charges for electricity and gas consumed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:e4:o3:1
# text = The settlement of charges for electricity and gas consumed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	settlement	settlement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	charges	charge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	electricity	electricity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	gas	gas	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	consumed	consume	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 | **consume** | participle |  | the settlement of charges for electricity and gas *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The remuneration of a landlord for the occupation of a property

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:e4:o4:1
# text = The remuneration of a landlord for the occupation of a property
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	remuneration	remuneration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	landlord	landlord	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	occupation	occupation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remunerate** |  |  | a landlord |  |  |  | for the occupation of a property | nom remuneration «possession transitive»: of=patient for=obl |
| 2 | **occupy** |  |  | a property |  |  |  |  | nom occupation «act 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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