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title: Auntie bought 5 jumpers at £8 each «cos they were practically giving… — Olympiad: plans in order and money sum… · tree and pragmatics
description: Auntie bought 5 jumpers at £8 each «cos they were practically giving them away», and never wore one. How much went on things she didn't need? Test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 62 «Olympiad: plans in order and money sums ★★★» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragma
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# Test 7 · ★★★ · Olympiad: plans in order and money sums ★★★

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Auntie bought 5 jumpers at £8 each «cos they were practically giving them away», and never wore one. How much went on things she didn't need?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Auntie, jumpers, much · **What happens:** buy, give away, not wear, go, not need · **To what, where:** 5 jumpers, them, one, things

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This is test 7 · ★★★ of lesson 62 «Olympiad: plans in order and money sums ★★★» 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/62-olympiad-plans-in-order-and-money-sums/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Auntie bought 5 jumpers at £8 each «cos they were practically giving them away», and never wore one.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:62-olympiad-plans-in-order-and-money-sums:t7:1
# text = Auntie bought 5 jumpers at £8 each «cos they were practically giving them away», and never wore one.
1	Auntie	Auntie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	jumpers	jumper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	obj	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	practically	practically	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
15	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	iobj	_	_
16	away	away	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	21	advmod	_	_
21	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
22	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	21	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past | Auntie | 5 jumpers |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent jumper=Beneficiary each=Theme |
| 2 | **give away** *in a quote* | past · progressive | jumpers *= jumper* |  | them *= they* |  |  | away, practically *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **wear** | past |  | one |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent one=Source |

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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:* How much went on things she didn't need?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:62-olympiad-plans-in-order-and-money-sums:t7:2
# text = How much went on things she didn't need?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
7	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past | much |  |  | things |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on thing=Location |
| 2 | **not** **need** | past · do-support | Auntie | things *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot thing=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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£8

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:62-olympiad-plans-in-order-and-money-sums:t7:o1:1
# text = £8
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	8	8	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing at all, it was a sale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:62-olympiad-plans-in-order-and-money-sums:t7:o2:1
# text = Nothing at all, it was a sale
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | it | a sale |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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£40

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:62-olympiad-plans-in-order-and-money-sums:t7:o3:1
# text = £40
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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£13

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:62-olympiad-plans-in-order-and-money-sums:t7:o4:1
# text = £13
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	13	13	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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

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