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title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a "n… — Wants and needs · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a "need"? Exam question 1 of lesson 7 «Wants and needs» 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 · Wants and needs

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a "need"?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris · **To what, where:** need

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 7 «Wants and needs» 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/7-wants-and-needs/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a "need"?
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	11	det	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	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 need |  |  |  | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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An article or condition requisite to life, health or safety

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:e1:o1:1
# text = An article or condition requisite to life, health or safety
1	An	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	requisite	requisite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	health	health	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Any article which a person earnestly desires

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:e1:o2:1
# text = Any article which a person earnestly desires
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
6	earnestly	earnestly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	desires	desire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **person** |  | any article and a person and earnestly desires |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Any article priced in excess of fifty pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:e1:o3:1
# text = Any article priced in excess of fifty pounds
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	priced	price	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	excess	excess	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **price** | participle |  | any article *not said here* |  | excess of fifty pounds |  |  | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Any article bearing a well-known brand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:e1:o4:1
# text = Any article bearing a well-known brand
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	bearing	bear	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	brand	brand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bear** | gerund | any article *not said here* | a known brand |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brand=Patient |
| 2 | **know** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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