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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a cheque? Exam question 2 of lesson 5 «Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones» 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 wro
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# Exam question 2 · Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a cheque?

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

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 5 «Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones» 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/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a cheque?
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	cheque	cheque	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 cheque |  |  |  | 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 card permitting payment by contact with a terminal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:e2:o1:1
# text = A card permitting payment by contact with a terminal
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	permitting	permit	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	contact	contact	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	terminal	terminal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | gerund | a card *not said here* | payment |  |  |  | by contact with a terminal | vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent payment=Theme by contact=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A metallic token of fixed value issued by a mint

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:e2:o2:1
# text = A metallic token of fixed value issued by a mint
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	metallic	metallic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	token	token	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	fixed	fix	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	issued	issue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mint	mint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fix** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **issue** | participle |  | a metallic token of fixed value *not said here* |  |  |  | by a mint | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by mint=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A receipt issued by a merchant following a sale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:e2:o3:1
# text = A receipt issued by a merchant following a sale
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	receipt	receipt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	issued	issue	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	merchant	merchant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **issue** | participle |  | a receipt *not said here* |  |  |  | by a merchant | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by merchant=Location |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund | a receipt *not said here* | a sale |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sale=Theme |

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

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A written instruction to a bank to effect payment to a named party

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:e2:o4:1
# text = A written instruction to a bank to effect payment to a named party
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	written	write	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	effect	effect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	named	name	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	amod	_	_
13	party	party	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **name** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=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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