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description: Identify the principal reason for which the partners in an enterprise should agree upon the division of profit before trading commences. Exam question 4 of lesson 31 «The lemonade stand: cost, price, profit and loss» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Exam question 4 · The lemonade stand: cost, price, profit and loss

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Identify the principal reason for which the partners in an enterprise should agree upon the division of profit before trading commences.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, partners, trading · **What happens:** identify, agree, commence · **To what, where:** principal reason

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 31 «The lemonade stand: cost, price, profit and loss» 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/31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:e4:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which the partners in an enterprise should agree upon the division of profit before trading commences.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	13	obl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	partners	partner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	enterprise	enterprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	agree	agree	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
14	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	division	division	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
19	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
20	trading	trading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
21	commences	commence	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	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 principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **agree** *speech: agree* | should | the partners in a enterprise |  |  |  |  | for the principal reason; upon the division of profit | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **commence** | present | trading |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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Compliance with a requirement that all profit be paid as tax

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:e4:o1:1
# text = Compliance with a requirement that all profit be paid as tax
1	Compliance	compliance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	requirement	requirement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	acl:relcl	_	_
10	as	as	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | infinitive · passive |  | a requirement |  |  |  | as tax | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The determination of the price of the goods sold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:e4:o2:1
# text = The determination of the price of the goods sold
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	determination	determination	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	nmod	_	_
9	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | participle · passive |  | the determination of the price of the goods |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **determine** |  | the price of the goods |  |  |  |  |  | nom determination «act intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The avoidance of disputes once the profit is known

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:e4:o3:1
# text = The avoidance of disputes once the profit is known
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	avoidance	avoidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	disputes	dispute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	once	once	SCONJ	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **know** | present · passive |  | the avoidance of disputes once the profit |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Stimulus |
| 2 | **avoid** |  |  | disputes once the profit |  |  |  |  | nom avoidance «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The prevention of any profit from being made

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:e4:o4:1
# text = The prevention of any profit from being made
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	prevention	prevention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | gerund · passive |  | the prevention of any profit *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP» |
| 2 | **prevent** |  |  | any profit |  |  |  |  | nom prevention «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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