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# Exam question 1 · Money around the world: euros, hryvnias, yuan and more

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "currency"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** term

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 3 «Money around the world: euros, hryvnias, yuan and more» 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/3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the term "currency"?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	currency	currency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	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 |  | the term |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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The rate at which prices rise over time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more:e1:o1:1
# text = The rate at which prices rise over time
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rate	rate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	rise	rise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | present | the rate at which prices |  |  |  | time |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A banknote valid in each and every country of the world

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more:e1:o2:1
# text = A banknote valid in each and every country of the world
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	banknote	banknote	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	valid	valid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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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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The particular form of money adopted by a given country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more:e1:o3:1
# text = The particular form of money adopted by a given country
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	particular	particular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	form	form	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	adopted	adopt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **adopt** | participle |  | the particular form of money *not said here* |  |  |  | by a given country | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **give** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **form** |  |  | money |  |  |  |  | nom form «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Any coin composed of a precious metal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more:e1:o4:1
# text = Any coin composed of a precious metal
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	composed	compose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	precious	precious	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compose** | participle |  | any coin *not said here* |  |  |  | of a precious metal | vn create-26.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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