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title: Two weeks after buying a torch, Mia finds it does not switch on. Wha… — Pocket money, saving and spending · tree and pragmatics
description: Two weeks after buying a torch, Mia finds it does not switch on. What helps her most now? Test 6 · ★★ 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 6 · ★★ · Pocket money, saving and spending

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Two weeks after buying a torch, Mia finds it does not switch on. What helps her most now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Mia, torch · **What happens:** buy, find, not switch on, help · **To what, where:** torch, Mia · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two weeks after buying a torch, Mia finds it does not switch on.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t6:1
# text = Two weeks after buying a torch, Mia finds it does not switch on.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
3	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	buying	buy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	switch	switch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | gerund | Mia *not said here* | a torch |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torch=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | present | Mia |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 3 | **not** **switch on** | present · do-support | torch |  |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: 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:* What helps her most now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t6:2
# text = What helps her most now?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	helps	help	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	5	advmod	_	_
5	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present |  |  | Mia |  | now |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Writing a letter to the battery maker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t6:o1:1
# text = Writing a letter to the battery maker
1	Writing	write	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	letter	letter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	battery	battery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	maker	maker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **write** | gerund |  | a letter | the battery maker |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent letter=Topic to maker=Recipient |

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

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The receipt she kept from the shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t6:o2:1
# text = The receipt she kept from the shop
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	receipt	receipt	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	kept	keep	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past | the receipt |  |  | the shop |  |  | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from shop=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Asking a friend to fix it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t6:o3:1
# text = Asking a friend to fix it
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	fix	fix	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  | a friend |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **fix** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | friend |  |  |  |  | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Buying a new torch quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t6:o4:1
# text = Buying a new torch quickly
1	Buying	buy	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	torch	torch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | gerund |  | a new torch |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent torch=Theme |

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