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description: Identify the principal reason for which confectionery is customarily displayed adjacent to the tills of a supermarket. Exam question 3 of lesson 22 «The weekly shop and a family budget» 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 · The weekly shop and a family budget

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Identify the principal reason for which confectionery is customarily displayed adjacent to the tills of a supermarket.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, display · **To what, where:** principal reason, confectionery, tills

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 22 «The weekly shop and a family budget» 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/22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:e3:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which confectionery is customarily displayed adjacent to the tills of a supermarket.
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	10	obl	_	_
7	confectionery	confectionery	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	customarily	customarily	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	displayed	display	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
11	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	tills	till	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	supermarket	supermarket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	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 | **display** | present · passive |  | confectionery | the tills of a supermarket |  |  | for the principal reason; adjacent, customarily *property* | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Theme to till=Recipient |

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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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The inducement of unplanned purchases by customers, in particular children, who are obliged to wait

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:e3:o1:1
# text = The inducement of unplanned purchases by customers, in particular children, who are obliged to wait
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	inducement	inducement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	unplanned	unplanned	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	purchases	purchase	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	customers	customer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
14	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	11	acl:relcl	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **oblige** | present · passive |  | particular children |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 2 | **wait** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **purchase** |  | customers |  |  |  |  |  | nom purchase «act transitive»: by=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The protection of confectionery from deterioration caused by sunlight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:e3:o2:1
# text = The protection of confectionery from deterioration caused by sunlight
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	protection	protection	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	deterioration	deterioration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
7	caused	cause	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | participle | the protection of confectionery from deterioration |  |  |  |  | by sunlight | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition |
| 2 | **protect** |  |  | confectionery from deterioration |  |  |  |  | nom protection «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Compliance with a statutory requirement concerning the placement of confectionery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:e3:o3:1
# text = Compliance with a statutory requirement concerning the placement of confectionery
1	Compliance	compliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	statutory	statutory	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	requirement	requirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
6	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	placement	placement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	confectionery	confectionery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **concern** | gerund | Compliance with a statutory requirement *not said here* | the placement of confectionery |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus placement=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The convenience of staff responsible for the replenishment of shelves

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:e3:o4:1
# text = The convenience of staff responsible for the replenishment of shelves
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	convenience	convenience	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	responsible	responsible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	replenishment	replenishment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	shelves	shelf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **replenish** |  |  | shelves |  |  |  |  | nom replenishment «process 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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