---
title: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a «b… — Pocket money, saving and spending · tree and pragmatics
description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a «buy one get one free» offer? Exam question 2 of lesson 261 «Pocket money, saving and spending» 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
---

<!-- md -->
[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending/e2/)

<!-- crumbs -->
[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Pocket money, saving and spending](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending/) / e2

# Exam question 2 · Pocket money, saving and spending

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a «buy one get one free» offer?

<!-- .vintro -->
**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, buy, get · **To what, where:** buy offer, one

<!-- .vabout -->
This is exam question 2 of lesson 261 «Pocket money, saving and spending» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a «buy one get one free» offer?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
10	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	17	compound	_	_
12	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	obj	_	_
13	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
17	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | a buy offer |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **buy** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | one |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | free *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

<!-- .note -->
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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It always halves the price of everything in the basket

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:e2:o1:1
# text = It always halves the price of everything in the basket
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	halves	halve	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	nmod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	basket	basket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **halve** | present | It | the price of everything |  | the basket |  | always *property* | vn remedy-45.7-1 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent price=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is invariably a bargain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:e2:o2:1
# text = It is invariably a bargain
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bargain	bargain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a bargain |  |  |  | invariably *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a bargain if the shop says so

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:e2:o3:1
# text = It is a bargain if the shop says so
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bargain	bargain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a bargain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the shop |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a bargain only if both items will be used

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:e2:o4:1
# text = It is a bargain only if both items will be used
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bargain	bargain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	items	item	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a bargain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** *a condition, not said to happen* | future · passive |  | both items |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

<!-- div src -->

**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.

<!-- /div -->

<!-- pn -->
- ← previous: [Pocket money, saving and spending, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending/e1/)
- next →: [Pocket money, saving and spending, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending/e3/)
- ↑ back to [Pocket money, saving and spending](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending/)