--- title: Identify the principal effect of an unplanned purchase upon progress… — Saving up for a game · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal effect of an unplanned purchase upon progress towards a saving goal. Exam question 4 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/8-saving-up-for-a-game/e4/) [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/) / [Saving up for a game](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/8-saving-up-for-a-game/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Saving up for a game Identify the principal effect of an unplanned purchase upon progress towards a saving goal. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, effect · **To what, where:** principal effect, unplanned purchase This is exam question 4 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/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:e4:1 # text = Identify the principal effect of an unplanned purchase upon progress towards a saving goal. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 unplanned unplanned ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 purchase purchase NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ 9 upon upon ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 progress progress NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 11 towards towards ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 saving saving NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 goal goal NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal effect of a unplanned purchase upon progress | | | | towards a saving goal | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent effect=Theme | | 2 | **effect** | | | a unplanned purchase upon progress | | | | | nom effect «phenomenon 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} The price of the goal is reduced in consequence ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:e4:o1:1 # text = The price of the goal is reduced in consequence 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 goal goal NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 reduced reduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 consequence consequence NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reduce** | present · passive | | the price of the goal | | consequence | | | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} The goal is attained more rapidly than planned ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:e4:o2:1 # text = The goal is attained more rapidly than planned 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 goal goal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 4 attained attain VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ 6 rapidly rapidly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 7 than than SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 8 planned plan VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **attain** | present · passive | | the goal | | | | rapidly *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **plan** | participle | | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} No effect whatsoever is had upon the goal ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:e4:o3:1 # text = No effect whatsoever is had upon the goal 1 No no DET DT PronType=Neg 2 det _ _ 2 effect effect NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 whatsoever whatsoever PRON WP PronType=Rel 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 had have VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 2 acl:relcl _ _ 6 upon upon ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 goal goal NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present · passive | | whatsoever | | | | upon the goal | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} The attainment of the goal is deferred ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:8-saving-up-for-a-game:e4:o4:1 # text = The attainment of the goal is deferred 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 attainment attainment NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 goal goal NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 deferred defer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **defer** | present · passive | | the attainment of the goal | | | | | vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: subject=Source | | 2 | **attain** | | | the goal | | | | | nom attainment «act transitive»: of=patient | **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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