--- title: new console broke after 2 days, threw the box n receipt away lol — Pocket money, saving and spending · tree and pragmatics description: new console broke after 2 days, threw the box n receipt away lol Test 12 · ★★ 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. --- [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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★★ · Pocket money, saving and spending new console broke after 2 days, threw the box n receipt away lol **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** new console · **What happens:** break, throw · **To what, where:** n receipt This is test 12 · ★★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t12:1 # text = new console broke after 2 days, threw the box n receipt away lol 1 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 console console NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 broke break VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 after after ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 2 2 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 threw throw VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 10 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 n n NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 receipt receipt NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 13 away away ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 14 lol lol INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break** | past | new console | | | | day | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **throw** | past | | the n receipt | | | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent receipt=Theme | 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} Keep the receipt till you know it works ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t12:o1:1 # text = Keep the receipt till you know it works 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 receipt receipt NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 till till SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | the receipt | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent receipt=Theme | | 2 | **know** | present | you | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 3 | **work** | present | receipt | | | | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Shops pay you to keep broken things ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t12:o2:1 # text = Shops pay you to keep broken things 1 Shops shop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 pay pay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 advcl _ _ 6 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | present | Shops | you | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Asset | | 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | Shops *not said here* | broken things | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | | 3 | **break** | participle | | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Receipts never matter for big things like consoles ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t12:o3:1 # text = Receipts never matter for big things like consoles 1 Receipts receipt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 3 advmod _ _ 3 matter matter VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 like like ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 consoles console NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **matter** | present | Receipts | | | | | for big things like consoles | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} You can never return a faulty thing ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t12:o4:1 # text = You can never return a faulty thing 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 return return VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 faulty faulty ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **return** | can | You | a faulty thing | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme | **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. 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