--- title: It is given that an account holds sixty pounds and that a payment of… — Money's history: shells, coins, paper,… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that an account holds sixty pounds and that a payment of three pounds is subsequently effected by telephone. Ascertain the balance remaining. Exam question 3 of lesson 5 «Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependen --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/) / [Money's history: shells, coins, paper,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Money's history: shells, coins, paper, cards, phones It is given that an account holds sixty pounds and that a payment of three pounds is subsequently effected by telephone. Ascertain the balance remaining. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** account, telephone, you, balance · **What happens:** give, hold, affect, pay, ascertain, remain · **To what, where:** It, sixty pounds, payment, three pounds, balance This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that an account holds sixty pounds and that a payment of three pounds is subsequently effected by telephone. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:e3:1 # text = It is given that an account holds sixty pounds and that a payment of three pounds is subsequently effected by telephone. 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 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 holds hold VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 19 cc _ _ 11 that that SCONJ IN _ 19 mark _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 payment payment NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 nsubj:pass _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 16 nummod _ _ 16 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 19 aux:pass _ _ 18 subsequently subsequently ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 19 effected affect VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 conj _ _ 20 by by ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 21 telephone telephone NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **hold** | present | a account | sixty pounds | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pound=Theme | | 3 | **affect** | present · passive | telephone | a payment of three pounds | | | | subsequently *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer | | 4 | **pay** | | | three pounds | | | | | nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* Ascertain the balance remaining. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:e3:2 # text = Ascertain the balance remaining. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 balance balance NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 remaining remain VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the balance | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balance=Topic | | 2 | **remain** | gerund | the balance *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Fifty-seven pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:e3:o1:1 # text = Fifty-seven pounds 1 Fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 3 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 seven seven NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 1 conj _ _ 4 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Sixty-three pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:e3:o2:1 # text = Sixty-three pounds 1 Sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Fifty-three pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:e3:o3:1 # text = Fifty-three pounds 1 Fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 1 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 3 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 4 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Sixty pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:5-money-s-history-shells-coins-paper-cards-phones:e3:o4:1 # text = Sixty pounds 1 Sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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