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description: It is given that the balance of an account stands at £3, whereas a purchase of £4.50 is attempted by means of a debit card. Determine the shortfall. Exam question 1 of lesson 26 «A bank account and a debit card» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of
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# Exam question 1 · A bank account and a debit card

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It is given that the balance of an account stands at £3, whereas a purchase of £4.50 is attempted by means of a debit card. Determine the shortfall.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** balance, account, you · **What happens:** give, stand, wherea, attempt, mean, balance · **To what, where:** It, purchase, shortfall

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 26 «A bank account and a debit card» 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/26-a-bank-account-and-a-debit-card/#e1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the balance of an account stands at £3, whereas a purchase of £4.50 is attempted by means of a debit card.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:26-a-bank-account-and-a-debit-card:e1:1
# text = It is given that the balance of an account stands at £3, whereas a purchase of £4.50 is attempted by means of a debit card.
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	_	10	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	balance	balance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	£	£	SYM	$	_	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	whereas	wherea	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	£	£	SYM	$	_	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	4.50	4.50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	aux:pass	_	_
22	attempted	attempt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	ccomp	_	_
23	by	by	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
24	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	conj	_	_
25	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
26	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	28	det	_	_
27	debit	debit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	28	compound	_	_
28	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	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 | **stand** | present | the balance of a account |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at £=Location |
| 3 | **wherea** | present | the balance of a account *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **attempt** | present · passive |  | a purchase |  |  |  |  | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 5 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | of a debit card | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 6 | **balance** |  | a account |  |  |  |  |  | nom balance «state intransitive»: of=agent |

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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 shortfall.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:26-a-bank-account-and-a-debit-card:e1:2
# text = Determine the shortfall.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shortfall	shortfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	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 shortfall |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shortfall=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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£7.50

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:26-a-bank-account-and-a-debit-card:e1:o1:1
# text = £7.50
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	7.50	7.50	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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£1

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:26-a-bank-account-and-a-debit-card:e1:o2:1
# text = £1
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	1	1	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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£2.50

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:26-a-bank-account-and-a-debit-card:e1:o3:1
# text = £2.50
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	2.50	2.50	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}

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£1.50

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:26-a-bank-account-and-a-debit-card:e1:o4:1
# text = £1.50
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	1.50	1.50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Frac	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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