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title: Dad: "Need cash for the window cleaner, I'll get cashback at Tesco."… — Cards, banks and apps · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad: "Need cash for the window cleaner, I'll get cashback at Tesco." What will he do? Test 9 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 was wrong.
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# Test 9 · Cards, banks and apps

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Dad: "Need cash for the window cleaner, I'll get cashback at Tesco." What will he do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** I, Tesco · **What happens:** need, get, do · **To what, where:** cash, cashback, Tesco

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad: "Need cash for the window cleaner, I'll get cashback at Tesco."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t9:1
# text = Dad: "Need cash for the window cleaner, I'll get cashback at Tesco."
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	Need	need	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	appos	_	_
5	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
14	cashback	cashback	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
15	at	at	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	Tesco	Tesco	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | cash |  |  |  | for the window cleaner | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot cash=Theme |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | future | I | cashback |  | Tesco |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent cashback=Theme at tesco=Asset |

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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:* What will he do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t9:2
# text = What will he do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | future | Tesco |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ask the shop to pay the window cleaner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t9:o1:1
# text = Ask the shop to pay the window cleaner
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	cleaner	cleaner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | the shop |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent shop=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the shop *not said here* | the window cleaner |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cleaner=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Borrow money from the cashier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t9:o2:1
# text = Borrow money from the cashier
1	Borrow	borrow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	cashier	cashier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | imperative | you *not said here* | money |  | the cashier |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme from cashier=Source |

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

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Take his own cash out while paying for shopping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t9:o3:1
# text = Take his own cash out while paying for shopping
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cash	cash	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	paying	pay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take out** | imperative | you *not said here* | his own cash |  |  |  |  | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cash=Theme |
| 2 | **pay** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for shopping | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for shopping=Theme |
| 3 | **cash** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom cash «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Get a free twenty pounds from the shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:7-cards-banks-and-apps:t9:o4:1
# text = Get a free twenty pounds from the shop
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | a free twenty pounds |  | the shop |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent pound=Theme from shop=Source |

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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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