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title: buy 1 get 1 free on these crisps, but i only like one bag tbh — Pocket money, saving and spending · tree and pragmatics
description: buy 1 get 1 free on these crisps, but i only like one bag tbh Test 11 · ★★ 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 was right.
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# Test 11 · ★★ · Pocket money, saving and spending

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buy 1 get 1 free on these crisps, but i only like one bag tbh

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, 1 · **What happens:** buy, get

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This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 261 «Pocket money, saving and spending» 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/261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t11:1
# text = buy 1 get 1 free on these crisps, but i only like one bag tbh
1	buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nsubj	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
4	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	these	this	DET	DT	Number=Plur|PronType=Dem	8	det	_	_
8	crisps	crisp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
10	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
11	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
12	only	only	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
13	like	like	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
16	tbh	tbh	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like one bag; tbh *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** | present | 1 |  |  |  |  | free *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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 {#o1}

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Always buy it, free is free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t11:o1:1
# text = Always buy it, free is free
1	Always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	_
2	buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	compound	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | infinitive |  | it |  |  |  | always *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | free *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Buy four to get more free

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t11:o2:1
# text = Buy four to get more free
1	Buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	four	four	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | imperative | you *not said here* | four |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent four=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | free *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's cheaper to buy none

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t11:o3:1
# text = It's cheaper to buy none
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | cheap *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive |  | none |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent none=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's only a bargain if you'd use both

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t11:o4:1
# text = It's only a bargain if you'd use both
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bargain	bargain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | 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* | would | you | both |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent both=Patient |

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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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