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title: Which of the following most accurately characterises the obligation… — Honest money: earning, raising and pay… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following most accurately characterises the obligation of a person who accepts payment for a task? Exam question 1 of lesson 96 «Honest money: earning, raising and paying fairly» of the religion ethics course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the quest
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# Exam question 1 · Honest money: earning, raising and paying fairly

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Which of the following most accurately characterises the obligation of a person who accepts payment for a task?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** person · **What happens:** follow, characteris, accept, obligate · **To what, where:** obligation, payment, person

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 96 «Honest money: earning, raising and paying fairly» of the religion ethics 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/religion-ethics/96-honest-money-earning-raising-and-paying-fairly/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:96-honest-money-earning-raising-and-paying-fairly:e1:1
# text = Which of the following most accurately characterises the obligation of a person who accepts payment for a task?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	obligation	obligation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	14	nsubj	_	_
14	accepts	accept	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	acl:relcl	_	_
15	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	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 obligation of a person |  |  |  | accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **accept** | present | a person | payment |  |  |  | for a task | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent payment=Theme |
| 4 | **obligate** |  |  | a person |  |  |  |  | nom obligation «act 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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The retention of payment irrespective of performance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:96-honest-money-earning-raising-and-paying-fairly:e1:o1:1
# text = The retention of payment irrespective of performance
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	retention	retention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **retain** |  |  | payment of performance |  |  |  |  | nom retention «act transitive»: of=patient |
| 2 | **pay** |  |  | performance |  |  |  |  | nom payment «possession transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The demand of additional payment for partial performance

```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:96-honest-money-earning-raising-and-paying-fairly:e1:o2:1
# text = The demand of additional payment for partial performance
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	demand	demand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	additional	additional	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	payment	payment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	partial	partial	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **demand** |  |  | additional payment for partial performance |  |  |  |  | nom demand «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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

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The performance of the task as agreed, or a truthful account of what was performed

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:96-honest-money-earning-raising-and-paying-fairly:e1:o3:1
# text = The performance of the task as agreed, or a truthful account of what was performed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	performance	performance	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	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	agreed	agree	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	truthful	truthful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	12	nmod	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux:pass	_	_
16	performed	perform	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | participle |  | the performance of the task or a truthful account of the performance of the task or a truthful account of the performance *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **perform** | past · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn performance-26.7 «NP V» |
| 3 | **perform** |  |  | the task |  |  |  |  | nom performance «communication transitive»: of=patient |
| 4 | **account** |  |  | the performance of the task or a truthful account of the performance of the task or a truthful account |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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The performance of a lesser task without disclosure of the difference to the person paying

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:religion-ethics:96-honest-money-earning-raising-and-paying-fairly:e1:o4:1
# text = The performance of a lesser task without disclosure of the difference to the person paying
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	performance	performance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	lesser	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	task	task	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	disclosure	disclosure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	difference	difference	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
15	paying	pay	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | gerund | the person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **perform** |  |  | a lesser task |  |  |  | without disclosure of the difference; to the person | nom performance «communication transitive»: of=patient without=obl to=obl |
| 3 | **disclose** |  |  | the difference |  |  |  |  | nom disclosure «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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