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title: can i buy the dragon skin, it's only 5 quid, mum's card's right here — Puzzles, money and video games · tree and pragmatics
description: can i buy the dragon skin, it's only 5 quid, mum's card's right here Test 10 · ★ of lesson 243 «Puzzles, money and video games» of the everyday 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 10 · ★ · Puzzles, money and video games

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
can i buy the dragon skin, it's only 5 quid, mum's card's right here

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i, skin, card · **What happens:** buy, be · **To what, where:** dragon skin, 5 quid

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This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 243 «Puzzles, money and video games» of the everyday 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/everyday/243-puzzles-and-video-games/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:t10:1
# text = can i buy the dragon skin, it's only 5 quid, mum's card's right here
1	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	dragon	dragon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	skin	skin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
10	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	quid	quid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
14	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	's	PART	POS	_	14	case	_	_
16	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	cop	_	_
18	right	right	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	here	here	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | can | i | the dragon skin |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent skin=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | skin | 5 quid |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | mum's card |  |  |  |  | here, right *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.

## The options {#options}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, ask a parent first, it's real money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:t10:o1:1
# text = No, ask a parent first, it's real money
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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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* |  | a parent |  |  | first *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient |
| 2 | **is a** | present | parent | real money |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, game money isn't real

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:t10:o2:1
# text = Yes, game money isn't real
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is** | present | game money |  |  |  |  | real *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if it's under 10 pounds it doesn't count

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:t10:o3:1
# text = Yes, if it's under 10 pounds it doesn't count
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  | 10 pounds |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | it | 10 pounds *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pound=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only if you pay her back later out of your pocket money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:243-puzzles-and-video-games:t10:o4:1
# text = Only if you pay her back later out of your pocket money
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pay	pay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	12	nmod:poss	_	_
11	pocket	pocket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present | you |  | her *= she* | your pocket money |  | late *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Asset |

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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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