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title: A girl in New York has exactly $10 for a $10 board game. At the till… — Pocket money, saving and spending · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in New York has exactly $10 for a $10 board game. At the till she is told the total is $10.89. Why? Test 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
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Pocket money, saving and spending

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A girl in New York has exactly $10 for a $10 board game. At the till she is told the total is $10.89. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** have, tell · **To what, where:** girl · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in New York has exactly $10 for a $10 board game.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t2:1
# text = A girl in New York has exactly $10 for a $10 board game.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	flat	_	_
5	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	$	$	SYM	$	_	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
12	$	$	SYM	$	_	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
14	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | a girl in New York |  |  |  |  | for a $ board game | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent $=Patient |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* At the till she is told the total is $10.89.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t2:2
# text = At the till she is told the total is $10.89.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	till	till	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
4	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	total	total	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	$	$	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	10.89	10.89	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | girl |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient total=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t2:3
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The cashier made a mistake when adding it up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t2:o1:1
# text = The cashier made a mistake when adding it up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cashier	cashier	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	made	make	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	adding	add	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | past | the cashier | a mistake |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mistake=Product |
| 2 | **add up** *speech: assert* | gerund | the cashier *not said here* | mistake |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sales tax is added to the shelf price

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t2:o2:1
# text = Sales tax is added to the shelf price
1	Sales	sale	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	compound	_	_
2	tax	tax	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	added	add	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | Sales tax |  |  |  | to the shelf price | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to price=Co-Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The price went up while she walked

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t2:o3:1
# text = The price went up while she walked
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** | past | the price |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
| 2 | **walk** | past | price |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She must pay to use the till

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t2:o4:1
# text = She must pay to use the till
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	till	till	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | must | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **use** | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the till |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent till=Patient |

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