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title: A girl in Ottawa wants the same expensive water bottle as her friend… — Pocket money, saving and spending · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Ottawa wants the same expensive water bottle as her friends, though hers works fine. What is a wise thought? Test 8 · ★★ 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 op
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Pocket money, saving and spending

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A girl in Ottawa wants the same expensive water bottle as her friends, though hers works fine. What is a wise thought?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** want, work, be · **To what, where:** same expensive water bottle, wise thought

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Ottawa wants the same expensive water bottle as her friends, though hers works fine.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t8:1
# text = A girl in Ottawa wants the same expensive water bottle as her friends, though hers works fine.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Ottawa	Ottawa	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	expensive	expensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	water	water	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
15	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
16	hers	her	PRON	PRP	Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	works	work	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
18	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a girl in Ottawa | the same expensive water bottle |  |  |  | as girl's friends | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent bottle=Theme as friend=Attribute |
| 2 | **work** | present | girl |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is a wise thought?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t8:2
# text = What is a wise thought?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	wise	wise	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thought	thought	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a wise thought |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Expensive things always make you happy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t8:o1:1
# text = Expensive things always make you happy
1	Expensive	expensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	happy	happy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Expensive things | you |  |  |  | always, happy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Her bottle will break because it is cheap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t8:o2:1
# text = Her bottle will break because it is cheap
1	Her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	bottle	bottle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	break	break	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | future | Her bottle |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **is** | present | bottle |  |  |  |  | cheap *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Things bought only to fit in often bring little joy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t8:o3:1
# text = Things bought only to fit in often bring little joy
1	Things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
2	bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	fit	fit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	_
7	often	often	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	joy	joy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | participle |  | Things *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fit in** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **bring** | present | Things | little joy |  |  |  | often *property* | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent joy=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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She must buy it or she will lose all her friends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:261-pocket-money-saving-and-spending:t8:o4:1
# text = She must buy it or she will lose all her friends
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	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	lose	lose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
9	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	11	det:predet	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | must | She | it |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
| 2 | **lose** | future | she | her friends |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Eventuality |

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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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