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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the act of saving? Exam question 1 of lesson 8 «Saving up for a game» 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 wrong.
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# Exam question 1 · Saving up for a game

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the act of saving?

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

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 8 «Saving up for a game» 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/8-saving-up-for-a-game/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the act of saving?
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	act	act	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	saving	save	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	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 |  | the act |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **save** | gerund | the act *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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 exchange of money for goods of equal value

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:e1:o1:1
# text = The exchange of money for goods of equal value
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	exchange	exchange	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	nmod	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exchange** |  |  | money |  |  |  | for goods of equal value | nom exchange «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient for=obl |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The borrowing of money from a relation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:e1:o2:1
# text = The borrowing of money from a relation
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	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	relation	relation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The acquisition of goods without prior planning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:e1:o3:1
# text = The acquisition of goods without prior planning
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	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	2	nmod	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	prior	prior	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	planning	planning	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** |  |  | goods |  |  |  | without prior planning | nom acquisition «act transitive»: of=patient without=obl |

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

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The setting aside of money for subsequent use in place of immediate expenditure

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:e1:o4:1
# text = The setting aside of money for subsequent use in place of immediate expenditure
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	setting	setting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	aside	aside	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	subsequent	subsequent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	immediate	immediate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	expenditure	expenditure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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

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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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