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title: Auntie bought five jumpers "cos they were practically giving them aw… — When money is tight · tree and pragmatics
description: Auntie bought five jumpers "cos they were practically giving them away" and never wore them. What went wrong? Test 5 · ★ 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 
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# Test 5 · ★ · When money is tight

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Auntie bought five jumpers "cos they were practically giving them away" and never wore them. What went wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Auntie, jumpers · **What happens:** buy, give away, not wear, go · **To what, where:** five jumpers, them, jumpers

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Auntie bought five jumpers "cos they were practically giving them away" and never wore them.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:t5:1
# text = Auntie bought five jumpers "cos they were practically giving them away" and never wore them.
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	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	jumpers	jumper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
9	practically	practically	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	iobj	_	_
12	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
16	wore	wear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | past | Auntie | five jumpers |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jumper=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 | Auntie *not said here* | jumpers *= jumper* |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=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:* What went wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:t5:2
# text = What went wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | past |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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She should have bought ten jumpers while they were cheap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:t5:o1:1
# text = She should have bought ten jumpers while they were cheap
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	have	have	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	aux	_	_
4	bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	jumpers	jumper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | should · perfect | She | ten jumpers |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jumper=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | past | jumpers *= jumper* |  |  |  |  | cheap *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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She paid full price without noticing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:t5:o2:1
# text = She paid full price without noticing
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	paid	pay	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	full	full	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	noticing	notice	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | past | She | full price |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Asset |
| 2 | **notice** | gerund | She *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Jumpers are never in a sale

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:t5:o3:1
# text = Jumpers are never in a sale
1	Jumpers	jumper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sale	sale	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | Jumpers |  |  | a sale |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A bargain is only a bargain if you needed it anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:adult-life:9-when-money-is-tight:t5:o4:1
# text = A bargain is only a bargain if you needed it anyway
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bargain	bargain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bargain	bargain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	needed	need	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | a bargain | a bargain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | you | bargain |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=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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