--- title: Ascertain the aggregate expenditure recorded in a statement comprisi… — A bank account and a debit card · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the aggregate expenditure recorded in a statement comprising transactions of £2.50, £4.99 and £1.20. Exam question 3 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 the question and of each option; Mova --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/26-a-bank-account-and-a-debit-card/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/) / [A bank account and a debit card](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/26-a-bank-account-and-a-debit-card/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · A bank account and a debit card Ascertain the aggregate expenditure recorded in a statement comprising transactions of £2.50, £4.99 and £1.20. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, record, comprise · **To what, where:** aggregate expenditure, statement This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:26-a-bank-account-and-a-debit-card:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the aggregate expenditure recorded in a statement comprising transactions of £2.50, £4.99 and £1.20. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 aggregate aggregate NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 expenditure expenditure NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 recorded record VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl _ _ 6 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 statement statement NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 comprising comprise VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 amod _ _ 10 transactions transaction NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 £ £ SYM $ _ 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 2.50 2.50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 £ £ SYM $ _ 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 16 4.99 4.99 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ _ 17 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 18 £ £ SYM $ _ 12 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 19 1.20 1.20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 18 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the aggregate expenditure | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expenditure=Topic | | 2 | **record** | participle | | the aggregate expenditure *not said here* | | a statement and comprising transactions | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in statement=Destination | | 3 | **comprise** | gerund | | | | | | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | 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} £8.69 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:26-a-bank-account-and-a-debit-card:e3:o1:1 # text = £8.69 1 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 8.69 8.69 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} £8.59 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:26-a-bank-account-and-a-debit-card:e3:o2:1 # text = £8.59 1 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 8.59 8.59 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} £9.69 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:26-a-bank-account-and-a-debit-card:e3:o3:1 # text = £9.69 1 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 9.69 9.69 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} £7.69 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:26-a-bank-account-and-a-debit-card:e3:o4:1 # text = £7.69 1 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 7.69 7.69 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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