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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a share in a company? Exam question 3 of lesson 32 «The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mov
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# Exam question 3 · The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a share in a company?

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

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 32 «The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss» 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/32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a share in a company?
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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	share	share	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	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 |  | a share |  | a company |  | 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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A small portion of the ownership of the company, entitling the holder to part of its profits

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:e3:o1:1
# text = A small portion of the ownership of the company, entitling the holder to part of its profits
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	portion	portion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	ownership	ownership	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	entitling	entitle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	holder	holder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	part	part	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	xcomp	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	18	nmod:poss	_	_
18	profits	profit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **entitle** | gerund |  | the holder |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **profit** |  | part |  |  |  |  |  | nom profit «possession intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A loan advanced by the company to each of its employees

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:e3:o2:1
# text = A loan advanced by the company to each of its employees
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	loan	loan	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	advanced	advance	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	employees	employee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **advance** | participle |  | a loan *not said here* |  |  |  | by the company; to each *result* | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP.patient V PP.extent PP.initial\_state PP.result»: agent=Patient by company=Extent to each=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A ticket conferring the right to purchase goods from the company without charge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:e3:o3:1
# text = A ticket conferring the right to purchase goods from the company without charge
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	ticket	ticket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	conferring	confer	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	purchase	purchase	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	7	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	without	without	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	charge	charge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **confer** | gerund | a ticket *not said here* | the right |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **purchase** | to-infinitive | a ticket *not said here* | goods |  | the company |  | without charge | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent goods=Theme from company=Source |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The entire ownership of the company and all of its premises

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:e3:o4:1
# text = The entire ownership of the company and all of its premises
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	entire	entire	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ownership	ownership	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	company	company	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	conj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	premises	premise	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **premise** |  | company |  |  |  |  |  | nom premise «communication transitive»: poss=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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