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title: Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence where fu… — Wants and needs · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence where funds suffice for only one of a refrigerator and a television, the existing television being serviceable. Exam question 3 of lesson 7 «Wants and needs» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmat
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# Exam question 3 · Wants and needs

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Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence where funds suffice for only one of a refrigerator and a television, the existing television being serviceable.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, funds, existing television · **What happens:** identify, suffice, exist, be · **To what, where:** course

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:e3:1
# text = Identify the course of action most consistent with prudence where funds suffice for only one of a refrigerator and a television, the existing television being serviceable.
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	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	12	advmod	_	_
11	funds	fund	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	suffice	suffice	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	only	only	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	obl	_	_
16	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	refrigerator	refrigerator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	television	television	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	27	punct	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	25	det	_	_
24	existing	exist	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	25	amod	_	_
25	television	television	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	27	nsubj	_	_
26	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	27	cop	_	_
27	serviceable	serviceable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	.	.	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 | **suffice** | present | funds |  |  |  |  | for one of a refrigerator and a television | tree rules |
| 3 | **exist** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **is** | gerund | the existing television |  |  |  |  | serviceable *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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The acquisition of neither

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:e3:o1:1
# text = The acquisition of neither
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	acquisition	acquisition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The acquisition of the television

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:e3:o2:1
# text = The acquisition of the television
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	acquisition	acquisition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	television	television	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** |  |  | the television |  |  |  |  | nom acquisition «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The acquisition of the refrigerator

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:e3:o3:1
# text = The acquisition of the refrigerator
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	acquisition	acquisition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	refrigerator	refrigerator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** |  |  | the refrigerator |  |  |  |  | nom acquisition «act transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The borrowing of funds to acquire both forthwith

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:7-wants-and-needs:e3:o4:1
# text = The borrowing of funds to acquire both forthwith
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	borrowing	borrowing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	funds	fund	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	acquire	acquire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
7	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	forthwith	forthwith	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **acquire** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | forthwith *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

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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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