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title: guy online says send £5, he'll send back £10 tmrw — Pocket money, saving and spending · tree and pragmatics
description: guy online says send £5, he'll send back £10 tmrw Test 15 · ★★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 15 · ★★ · Pocket money, saving and spending

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guy online says send £5, he'll send back £10 tmrw

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** guy · **What happens:** say, send, send back · **To what, where:** £ tmrw · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 15 · ★★ 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/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t15:1
# text = guy online says send £5, he'll send back £10 tmrw
1	guy	guy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	online	online	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
5	£	£	SYM	$	_	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	send	send	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	£	£	SYM	$	_	14	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
14	tmrw	tmrw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | guy |  |  |  |  | online *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **send** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme |
| 3 | **send back** | future | guy | £ tmrw |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tmrw=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Send £10 instead so you get £20 back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t15:o1:1
# text = Send £10 instead so you get £20 back
1	Send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	£	£	SYM	$	_	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
4	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
8	£	£	SYM	$	_	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | instead *property* | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme |
| 2 | **get back** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer £=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Send it and ask him for proof afterwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t15:o2:1
# text = Send it and ask him for proof afterwards
1	Send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	proof	proof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* |  |  | for proof; afterwards *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Send it, it's only £5, not much to lose

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t15:o3:1
# text = Send it, it's only £5, not much to lose
1	Send	send	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	£	£	SYM	$	_	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **send** | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Destination much=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Don't, it's a trick, tell an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t15:o4:1
# text = Don't, it's a trick, tell an adult
1	Do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | it | a trick |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | a adult |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

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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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