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description: It is given that a sum of £1,000 is advanced by way of a loan and that the borrower is obliged to repay £1,100. Determine the interest payable. Exam question 1 of lesson 24 «Debt, loans, credit cards and interest» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics 
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# Exam question 1 · Debt, loans, credit cards and interest

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It is given that a sum of £1,000 is advanced by way of a loan and that the borrower is obliged to repay £1,100. Determine the interest payable.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** way, you · **What happens:** give, advance, oblige, repay, determine · **To what, where:** It, sum, borrower, interest payable

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 24 «Debt, loans, credit cards and interest» 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/24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest/#e1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a sum of £1,000 is advanced by way of a loan and that the borrower is obliged to repay £1,100.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:e1:1
# text = It is given that a sum of £1,000 is advanced by way of a loan and that the borrower is obliged to repay £1,100.
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	_	11	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	£	£	SYM	$	_	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	1,000	1000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	advanced	advance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
12	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
14	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	loan	loan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
18	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	22	mark	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	borrower	borrower	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj:pass	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux:pass	_	_
22	obliged	oblige	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	conj	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	repay	repay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	xcomp	_	_
25	£	£	SYM	$	_	24	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	1,100	1,100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	25	nummod	_	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 | **advance** | present · passive | way of a loan | a sum |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Causer subject=Patient |
| 3 | **oblige** | present · passive |  | the borrower |  |  |  |  | vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Result |
| 4 | **repay** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent £=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Determine the interest payable.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:e1:2
# text = Determine the interest payable.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	payable	payable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	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 interest payable |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent payable=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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£1,100

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:e1:o1:1
# text = £1,100
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	1,100	1,100	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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£10

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:e1:o2:1
# text = £10
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	10	10	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 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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£100

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:e1:o3:1
# text = £100
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	100	100	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 {#o4}

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£2,100

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:e1:o4:1
# text = £2,100
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	2,100	2,100	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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**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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