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description: Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the term "tariff". Exam question 3 of lesson 18 «Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more» of the politics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Exam question 3 · Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more

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Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the term "tariff".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** select, establish, mean · **To what, where:** response, term

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 18 «Prices, money and jobs: why everything costs more» of the politics 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/politics/18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established meaning of the term "tariff".
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	term	term	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	tariff	tariff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **mean** |  |  | the term |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A tax levied upon goods imported from abroad

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:e3:o1:1
# text = A tax levied upon goods imported from abroad
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	levied	levy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	3	obl	_	_
6	imported	import	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
7	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	abroad	abroad	ADV	RB	_	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **levy** | participle |  | a tax *not said here* |  |  |  | upon goods | tree rules |
| 2 | **import** | participle |  | a tax *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent from abroad=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A reduction in the size of a product at a constant price

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:e3:o2:1
# text = A reduction in the size of a product at a constant price
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	reduction	reduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	size	size	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	product	product	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	constant	constant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	price	price	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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A limit upon the price charged per unit of energy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:e3:o3:1
# text = A limit upon the price charged per unit of energy
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	limit	limit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	charged	charge	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	per	per	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	unit	unit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charge** | past | a limit upon the price |  |  |  |  | per unit of energy | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A payment made to workers by the government

```conllu
# sent_id = question:politics:18-prices-money-and-jobs-why-everything-costs-more:e3:o4:1
# text = A payment made to workers by the government
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	workers	worker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | participle |  | a payment *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «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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