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# Exam question 3 · Crypto and the stock market, simply

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an advertisement promising a hundredfold return within one month?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** advertisement · **What happens:** follow, characteris, promise · **To what, where:** advertisement, hundredfold return

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 38 «Crypto and the stock market, simply» 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/38-crypto-and-the-stock-market-simply/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:38-crypto-and-the-stock-market-simply:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises an advertisement promising a hundredfold return within one month?
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	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	advertisement	advertisement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	promising	promise	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	hundredfold	hundredfold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	return	return	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	within	within	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	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 advertisement |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **promise** *speech: promise* | gerund | a advertisement *not said here* | a hundredfold return |  |  | month |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent return=Theme |

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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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It bears the characteristics of a fraudulent scheme

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:38-crypto-and-the-stock-market-simply:e3:o1:1
# text = It bears the characteristics of a fraudulent scheme
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bears	bear	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	characteristics	characteristic	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	fraudulent	fraudulent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	scheme	scheme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is the established practice of index funds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:38-crypto-and-the-stock-market-simply:e3:o2:1
# text = It is the established practice of index funds
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	practice	practice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	index	index	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	funds	fund	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 2 | **is a** | present | It | the established practice |  |  |  | of index funds | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It describes a conventional and secure investment of a prudent kind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:38-crypto-and-the-stock-market-simply:e3:o3:1
# text = It describes a conventional and secure investment of a prudent kind
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	describes	describe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	conventional	conventional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	secure	secure	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
7	investment	investment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	prudent	prudent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **describe** | present | It | a conventional investment of a prudent kind |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent investment=Theme |
| 2 | **invest** |  |  | a prudent kind |  |  |  |  | nom investment «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It is guaranteed by the central bank

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:38-crypto-and-the-stock-market-simply:e3:o4:1
# text = It is guaranteed by the central bank
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	guaranteed	guarantee	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	central	central	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **guarantee** | present · passive | the central bank | It |  |  |  |  | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition subject=Theme |

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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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