--- title: Why might paying more for a sturdy pair of trainers save money? — Pocket money, saving and spending · tree and pragmatics description: Why might paying more for a sturdy pair of trainers save money? Test 5 · ★★ 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. --- [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/t5/) [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/) / t5 # Test 5 · ★★ · Pocket money, saving and spending Why might paying more for a sturdy pair of trainers save money? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** pay, save · **To what, where:** more, money This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t5:1 # text = Why might paying more for a sturdy pair of trainers save money? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 3 advmod _ _ 2 might might AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 paying pay VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 11 nsubj _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 sturdy sturdy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 pair pair NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 9 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 trainers trainer NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nmod _ _ 11 save save VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 12 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 ? ? PUNCT . _ 11 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | might | | more | | | | for a sturdy pair of trainers | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent more=Asset for pair=Theme | | 2 | **save** | present | | money | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They last longer than several cheap pairs ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t5:o1:1 # text = They last longer than several cheap pairs 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 last last VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 longer long ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 4 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 several several ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 6 cheap cheap ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 pairs pair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **last** | present | They | | | | | long *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The shop gives a refund when they wear out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t5:o2:1 # text = The shop gives a refund when they wear out 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 refund refund NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 when when SCONJ WRB _ 8 mark _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 wear wear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 9 out out ADP RP _ 8 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | the shop | a refund | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent refund=Theme | | 2 | **wear out** | present | they | | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Cheap shoes are not allowed at school by the rules ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t5:o3:1 # text = Cheap shoes are not allowed at school by the rules 1 Cheap cheap ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 shoes shoe NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux:pass _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rules rule NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive | the rules | Cheap shoes | | school | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Expensive things never break or wear out at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t5:o4:1 # text = Expensive things never break or wear out at all 1 Expensive expensive ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 things thing NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 break break VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 wear wear VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 7 out out ADP RP _ 6 compound:prt _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **break** | present | Expensive things | | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 2 | **wear out** | present | Expensive things *not said here* | | | all | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent at all=Source | **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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