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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises compound interest? Exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Interest on savings and cash machines» 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 right.
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# Exam question 3 · Interest on savings and cash machines

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises compound interest?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** compound interest

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Interest on savings and cash machines» 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/27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises compound interest?
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	compound	compound	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	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 |  | compound interest |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Interest calculated upon the principal together with interest previously accrued

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines:e3:o1:1
# text = Interest calculated upon the principal together with interest previously accrued
1	Interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	calculated	calculate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	principal	principal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	together	together	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	previously	previously	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	accrued	accrue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **calculate** | participle |  | Interest *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the principal; with interest; together *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **accrue** | participle |  | interest *not said here* |  |  |  | previously *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A reduction of the balance in respect of rising prices

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines:e3:o2:1
# text = A reduction of the balance in respect of rising prices
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reduction	reduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	balance	balance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	rising	rise	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	amod	_	_
10	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **reduce** |  |  | the balance in respect of rising prices |  |  |  |  | nom reduction «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | rising prices |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Interest calculated exclusively upon the original sum deposited

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines:e3:o3:1
# text = Interest calculated exclusively upon the original sum deposited
1	Interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	calculated	calculate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	original	original	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	deposited	deposit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **calculate** | participle |  | Interest *not said here* |  |  |  | upon the original sum; exclusively *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **deposit** | participle |  | the original sum *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A charge levied by a bank in respect of each withdrawal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines:e3:o4:1
# text = A charge levied by a bank in respect of each withdrawal
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	levied	levy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **levy** | participle |  | a charge *not said here* |  | respect of each withdrawal |  | by a bank | tree rules |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | each withdrawal |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition 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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