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title: You write: pocket money £5, save £2, spend £3. What have you made? — When money is tight · tree and pragmatics
description: You write: pocket money £5, save £2, spend £3. What have you made? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 9 «When money is tight» 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 right.
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# Test 11 · ★ · When money is tight

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You write: pocket money £5, save £2, spend £3. What have you made?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You · **What happens:** write, save, spend, make · **To what, where:** pocket money

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 9 «When money is tight» 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/9-when-money-is-tight/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You write: pocket money £5, save £2, spend £3.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:t11:1
# text = You write: pocket money £5, save £2, spend £3.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	write	write	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
4	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	save	save	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
10	£	£	SYM	$	_	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
13	spend	spend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	_	_
14	£	£	SYM	$	_	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | present | You | pocket money |  |  |  |  | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 2 | **save** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme |
| 3 | **spend** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=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 have you made?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:t11:2
# text = What have you made?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	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 | **make** | present · perfect · passive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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A budget

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:t11:o1:1
# text = A budget
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	budget	budget	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A mortgage

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:t11:o2:1
# text = A mortgage
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	mortgage	mortgage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A credit score

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:t11:o3:1
# text = A credit score
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	credit	credit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	score	score	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A subscription

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:t11:o4:1
# text = A subscription
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	subscription	subscription	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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