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title: apparently some kid spent all his savings on loot boxes and got noth… — Pocket money, saving and spending · tree and pragmatics
description: apparently some kid spent all his savings on loot boxes and got nothing good. what's the true lesson? Test 18 · ★★ 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 cho
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# Test 18 · ★★ · Pocket money, saving and spending

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apparently some kid spent all his savings on loot boxes and got nothing good. what's the true lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** kid · **What happens:** spend, get, be, save · **To what, where:** savings, loot boxes, nothing, true lesson

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This is test 18 · ★★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t18:1
# text = apparently some kid spent all his savings on loot boxes and got nothing good. what's the true lesson?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	3	det	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	spent	spend	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	savings	savings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	loot	loot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	boxes	box	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
13	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	12	obj	_	_
14	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spend** | past | some kid | kid's savings |  |  |  | on loot boxes *goal*; apparently *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent savings=Asset on box=Goal |
| 2 | **get** | past | some kid *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | the true lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **save** |  | kid |  |  |  |  |  | nom savings «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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They always give good prizes eventually if you keep paying

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t18:o1:1
# text = They always give good prizes eventually if you keep paying
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	prizes	prize	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	eventually	eventually	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
10	paying	pay	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | They | good prizes |  |  |  | always, eventually *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Theme |
| 2 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pay** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Keep buying until you win

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t18:o2:1
# text = Keep buying until you win
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	buying	buy	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	win	win	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **buy** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **win** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Loot boxes are a smart savings plan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t18:o3:1
# text = Loot boxes are a smart savings plan
1	Loot	loot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	boxes	box	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	smart	smart	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	savings	savings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	7	nsubj	_	_
7	plan	plan	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a smart savings |  |  |  |  | Loot boxes *obl*; plan *property* | tree rules |

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

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Loot boxes are like gambling; you don't know what you get

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t18:o4:1
# text = Loot boxes are like gambling; you don't know what you get
1	Loot	loot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	boxes	box	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	like	like	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	gambling	gambling	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	know	know	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
11	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Loot boxes |  |  |  |  | like gambling | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **know** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **get** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

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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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