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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises pocket money? Exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Pocket money and earning it with chores» 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 right.
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# Exam question 1 · Pocket money and earning it with chores

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises pocket money?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** pocket money

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 6 «Pocket money and earning it with chores» 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/6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises pocket money?
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	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	money	money	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 |  | pocket money |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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A remuneration paid by the school in respect of academic merit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:e1:o1:1
# text = A remuneration paid by the school in respect of academic merit
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	remuneration	remuneration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	academic	academic	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	merit	merit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | participle |  | a remuneration *not said here* |  | respect of academic merit |  | by the school | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **respect** |  |  | academic merit |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A sum payable by the child to the parents in respect of board and lodging

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:e1:o2:1
# text = A sum payable by the child to the parents in respect of board and lodging
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	payable	payable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	lodging	lodging	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **respect** |  |  | board and lodging |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A regular sum furnished by parents to enable a child to learn the management of money

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:e1:o3:1
# text = A regular sum furnished by parents to enable a child to learn the management of money
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	regular	regular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	furnished	furnish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	enable	enable	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	management	management	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **furnish** | participle |  | a regular sum *not said here* |  |  |  | by parents | vn fulfilling-13.4.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **enable** | to-infinitive |  | a child |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **learn** | to-infinitive | a child *not said here* | the management of money |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent management=Topic |
| 4 | **manage** |  |  | money |  |  |  |  | nom management «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A sum discovered within the pockets of garments

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:6-pocket-money-and-earning-it-with-chores:e1:o4:1
# text = A sum discovered within the pockets of garments
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	discovered	discover	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pockets	pocket	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	garments	garment	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **discover** | participle |  | a sum *not said here* |  |  |  | within the pockets of garments | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S\_ING»: 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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