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title: Your mate says "That cash machine says £2.50 fee, but whatever, it's… — Cards, banks and apps · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate says "That cash machine says £2.50 fee, but whatever, it's only once." Why might a grown-up still walk on? Test 7 of lesson 7 «Cards, banks and apps» 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
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# Test 7 · Cards, banks and apps

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Your mate says "That cash machine says £2.50 fee, but whatever, it's only once." Why might a grown-up still walk on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, cash machine, machine, grown up · **What happens:** say, be, grow, walk on · **To what, where:** £ fee · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 of lesson 7 «Cards, banks and apps» 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/7-cards-banks-and-apps/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate says "That cash machine says £2.50 fee, but whatever, it's only once."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t7:1
# text = Your mate says "That cash machine says £2.50 fee, but whatever, it's only once."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	det	_	_
6	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
9	£	£	SYM	$	_	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	2.50	2.50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
11	fee	fee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	only	only	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	14	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | that cash machine | £ fee |  |  |  | whatever *obl* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fee=Topic |
| 3 | **is** *in a quote* | present | machine |  |  |  |  | once *property* | 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 might a grown-up still walk on?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t7:2
# text = Why might a grown-up still walk on?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	grown	grow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	up	up	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
7	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grow** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **walk on** | might | a grown up |  |  |  | still |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The fees all go straight to charity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t7:o1:1
# text = The fees all go straight to charity
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fees	fee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | the fees |  |  | charity |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to charity=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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The fee is only charged to children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t7:o2:1
# text = The fee is only charged to children
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	fee	fee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	charged	charge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **charge** | present · passive |  | the fee |  |  |  | to children | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

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Small fees add up over a year

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t7:o3:1
# text = Small fees add up over a year
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	fees	fee	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	add	add	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	over	over	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add up** *speech: assert* | present | Small fees |  |  |  | year |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Free machines give out extra money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t7:o4:1
# text = Free machines give out extra money
1	Free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	extra	extra	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give out** | present | Free machines | extra money |  |  |  |  | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

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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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