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# Exam question 4 · Interest on savings and cash machines

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Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence where an unfamiliar device is observed affixed to the card slot of a cash machine.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, observe, affix · **To what, where:** course, unfamiliar device

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines:e4:1
# text = Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence where an unfamiliar device is observed affixed to the card slot of a cash machine.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	prudence	prudence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	15	advmod	_	_
11	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	unfamiliar	unfamiliar	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	_	_
14	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	_	_
15	observed	observe	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	acl:relcl	_	_
16	affixed	affix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	15	xcomp	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	compound	_	_
20	slot	slot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
21	of	of	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	20	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 2 | **observe** | present · passive |  | a unfamiliar device |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **affix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | to the card slot of a cash machine | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to slot=Co-Patient |

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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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Abstention from use of the machine and notification of the bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines:e4:o1:1
# text = Abstention from use of the machine and notification of the bank
1	Abstention	abstention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	notification	notification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** |  |  | the machine and notification of the bank |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **notify** |  |  | the bank |  |  |  |  | nom notification «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Insertion of the card with exceptional rapidity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines:e4:o2:1
# text = Insertion of the card with exceptional rapidity
1	Insertion	insertion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	exceptional	exceptional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rapidity	rapidity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **insert** |  |  | the card |  |  |  | with exceptional rapidity | nom insertion «communication transitive»: of=patient with=obl |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Entry of the personal identification number on two occasions

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines:e4:o3:1
# text = Entry of the personal identification number on two occasions
1	Entry	entry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	personal	personal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	identification	identification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	occasions	occasion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **enter** |  |  | the personal identification number |  | two occasions |  |  | nom entry «communication transitive»: of=patient on=place |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Removal of the device and retention of it by the customer as evidence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines:e4:o4:1
# text = Removal of the device and retention of it by the customer as evidence
1	Removal	removal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	retention	retention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	customer	customer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	evidence	evidence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retain** |  |  | Removal |  |  |  |  | nom retention «act 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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