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description: Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence before making a donation to a charity. Exam question 4 of lesson 39 «Lending, sharing, charity and tipping» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's cho
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# Exam question 4 · Lending, sharing, charity and tipping

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Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence before making a donation to a charity.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, make · **To what, where:** course, donation

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 39 «Lending, sharing, charity and tipping» 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/39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:e4:1
# text = Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence before making a donation to a charity.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	prudence	prudence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
11	making	make	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	donation	donation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	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 course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | gerund | you *not said here* | a donation |  |  |  | to a charity | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset donation=Product |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Verification that the charity is registered

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:e4:o1:1
# text = Verification that the charity is registered
1	Verification	verification	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	registered	register	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **register** | present · passive |  | the charity |  |  |  |  | vn patent-101 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Abstention from giving to any charity whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:e4:o2:1
# text = Abstention from giving to any charity whatsoever
1	Abstention	abstention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	from	from	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
3	giving	give	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund | Abstention *not said here* |  | any charity |  |  | whatsoever *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to charity=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Donation exclusively to persons collecting in the street

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:e4:o3:1
# text = Donation exclusively to persons collecting in the street
1	Donation	donation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	exclusively	exclusively	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
5	collecting	collect	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **collect** | gerund | persons *not said here* |  |  | the street |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Donation of the largest possible sum without inquiry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:39-lending-sharing-charity-and-tipping:e4:o4:1
# text = Donation of the largest possible sum without inquiry
1	Donation	donation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	largest	large	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	inquiry	inquiry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **donate** |  |  | the largest possible sum without inquiry |  |  |  |  | nom donation «possession 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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