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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a food bank? Exam question 2 of lesson 23 «When money is tight: "we can't afford it"» 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 2 · When money is tight: "we can't afford it"

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a food bank?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** food bank

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 23 «When money is tight: "we can't afford it"» 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/23-when-money-is-tight/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a food bank?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a food bank |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | 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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An institution that accepts deposits of food in exchange for interest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e2:o1:1
# text = An institution that accepts deposits of food in exchange for interest
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	institution	institution	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	accepts	accept	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	deposits	deposit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **accept** | present | a institution | deposits of food |  | exchange |  | for interest | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent deposit=Theme |
| 2 | **deposit** |  |  | food |  |  |  |  | nom deposit «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A facility in which restaurants store surplus produce for sale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e2:o2:1
# text = A facility in which restaurants store surplus produce for sale
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	facility	facility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	restaurants	restaurant	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	store	store	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	surplus	surplus	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	produce	produce	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **store** | present | a facility in which restaurants | surplus produce |  |  |  | for sale | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent produce=Theme |

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

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An organisation that distributes food without charge to persons in need

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e2:o3:1
# text = An organisation that distributes food without charge to persons in need
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	organisation	organisation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	distributes	distribute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **distribute** | present | a organisation | food | persons in need |  |  | without charge | vn contribute-13.2-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent food=Theme to person=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A retail outlet that sells provisions at an elevated price

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e2:o4:1
# text = A retail outlet that sells provisions at an elevated price
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	retail	retail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	outlet	outlet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	provisions	provision	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	elevated	elevate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present | a retail outlet | provisions |  | a elevated price |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent provision=Theme at price=Asset |
| 2 | **elevate** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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