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title: Identify the principal advantage of maintaining a separate receptacl… — The piggy bank and a jar for each goal · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal advantage of maintaining a separate receptacle in respect of each saving goal. Exam question 4 of lesson 9 «The piggy bank and a jar for each goal» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Exam question 4 · The piggy bank and a jar for each goal

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Identify the principal advantage of maintaining a separate receptacle in respect of each saving goal.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, principal advantage · **What happens:** identify, maintain, save, respect · **To what, where:** principal advantage, separate receptacle, respect, saving goal

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 9 «The piggy bank and a jar for each goal» 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/9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:e4:1
# text = Identify the principal advantage of maintaining a separate receptacle in respect of each 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	advantage	advantage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	maintaining	maintain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	receptacle	receptacle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	15	det	_	_
14	saving	save	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	amod	_	_
15	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	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 principal advantage |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent advantage=Theme |
| 2 | **maintain** | gerund | the principal advantage *not said here* | a separate receptacle |  | respect of each saving goal |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent receptacle=Theme |
| 3 | **save** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **respect** |  |  | each saving goal |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Coins so held are protected against forgery

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:e4:o1:1
# text = Coins so held are protected against forgery
1	Coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	protected	protect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	against	against	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	forgery	forgery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | participle |  | Coins *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **protect** | present · passive |  | Coins |  |  |  | against forgery | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Beneficiary against forgery=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The aggregate sum saved is thereby doubled

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:e4:o2:1
# text = The aggregate sum saved is thereby doubled
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	aggregate	aggregate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
6	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	doubled	double	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | participle |  | the aggregate sum *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **double** | present · passive |  | the aggregate sum |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |

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

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Each goal remains visible and is not consumed by another

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:e4:o3:1
# text = Each goal remains visible and is not consumed by another
1	Each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	goal	goal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	remains	remain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	consumed	consume	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	another	another	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | present | each goal |  |  |  |  | visible *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **consume** | present · passive | each goal *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by another | vn consume-66 «NP V NP» |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The goals are thereby attained without saving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:9-the-piggy-bank-and-a-jar-for-each-goal:e4:o4:1
# text = The goals are thereby attained without saving
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	goals	goal	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	thereby	thereby	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	attained	attain	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	saving	save	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **attain** | present · passive |  | the goals |  |  |  | thereby *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **save** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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