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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a tariff? Exam question 2 of lesson 37 «Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 2 · Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a tariff?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** tariff

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 37 «Trade, tariffs, rich and poor countries» 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/37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a tariff?
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	tariff	tariff	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 |  | a tariff |  |  |  | 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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A charge levied upon the withdrawal of cash

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries:e2:o1:1
# text = A charge levied upon the withdrawal of cash
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	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	withdrawal	withdrawal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	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* |  |  |  | upon the withdrawal of cash | tree rules |
| 2 | **withdraw** |  |  | cash |  |  |  |  | nom withdrawal «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A vessel engaged in the carriage of goods by sea

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries:e2:o2:1
# text = A vessel engaged in the carriage of goods by sea
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	vessel	vessel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	engaged	engage	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	carriage	carriage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	6	nmod	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	sea	sea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **engage** | participle |  | a vessel *not said here* |  |  |  | in the carriage of goods *goal*; by sea | vn involve-107.1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent in carriage=Goal |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A reduction in the price of goods produced at home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries:e2:o3:1
# text = A reduction in the price of goods produced at home
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reduction	reduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	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	_	7	case	_	_
7	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	5	nmod	_	_
8	produced	produce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **produce** | participle |  | a reduction in the price of goods *not said here* |  | home |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A tax levied upon goods imported from abroad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:37-trade-tariffs-rich-and-poor-countries:e2:o4:1
# text = A tax levied upon goods imported from abroad
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	levied	levy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	3	obl	_	_
6	imported	import	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **levy** | participle |  | a tax *not said here* |  |  |  | upon goods | tree rules |
| 2 | **import** | participle |  | a tax *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from abroad=Initial\_Location |

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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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