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title: Dad, mid-January: "Skint till the 31st, it's beans on toast, kids."… — Where money comes from · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad, mid-January: "Skint till the 31st, it's beans on toast, kids." Why so skint? Test 3 · ★ of lesson 5 «Where money comes from» of the adult life 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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# Test 3 · ★ · Where money comes from

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Dad, mid-January: "Skint till the 31st, it's beans on toast, kids." Why so skint?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** beans, toast

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 5 «Where money comes from» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school. 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/adult-life/5-where-money-comes-from/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad, mid-January: "Skint till the 31st, it's beans on toast, kids."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t3:1
# text = Dad, mid-January: "Skint till the 31st, it's beans on toast, kids."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	mid-January	mid-January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Skint	skint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	parataxis	_	_
7	till	till	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	31st	31st	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	beans	bean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	parataxis	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	toast	toast	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | beans and kids |  | toast |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why so skint?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t3:2
# text = Why so skint?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	so	so	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	skint	skint	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Beans are cheaper only in January

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t3:o1:1
# text = Beans are cheaper only in January
1	Beans	bean	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Beans |  |  |  | january | cheap *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Christmas spending and an early December payday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t3:o2:1
# text = Christmas spending and an early December payday
1	Christmas	Christmas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	spending	spending	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
4	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	early	early	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	December	December	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	payday	payday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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His wages were cut in January by his boss

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t3:o3:1
# text = His wages were cut in January by his boss
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	wages	wage	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	cut	cut	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	boss	boss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cut** | past · passive | his boss | His wages |  |  | january |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset subject=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The banks close in January

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:5-where-money-comes-from:t3:o4:1
# text = The banks close in January
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	banks	bank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	close	close	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | present | the banks |  |  |  | january |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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