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title: A girl in Houston pays with a $20 bill for a $6 lunch and gets $24 b… — Prices, change, borrowing and lending · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Houston pays with a $20 bill for a $6 lunch and gets $24 back. What has happened, and what should she do? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 262 «Prices, change, borrowing and lending» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Prices, change, borrowing and lending

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A girl in Houston pays with a $20 bill for a $6 lunch and gets $24 back. What has happened, and what should she do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** pay, get back, happen, do

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 262 «Prices, change, borrowing and lending» 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/262-prices-change-and-borrowing/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Houston pays with a $20 bill for a $6 lunch and gets $24 back.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t1:1
# text = A girl in Houston pays with a $20 bill for a $6 lunch and gets $24 back.
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	Houston	Houston	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	with	with	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	$	$	SYM	$	_	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
10	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	$	$	SYM	$	_	15	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
15	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
18	$	$	SYM	$	_	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
20	back	back	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present | a girl in Houston |  |  |  |  | with a $ bill; for a $ lunch | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for lunch=Theme |
| 2 | **get back** | present | a girl in Houston *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer $=Stimulus |

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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 has happened, and what should she do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t1:2
# text = What has happened, and what should she do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happened	happen	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	obj	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | present · perfect |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | should | girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She got $4 too much, so she keeps it as luck

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t1:o1:1
# text = She got $4 too much, so she keeps it as luck
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	$	$	SYM	$	_	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer $=Stimulus |
| 2 | **keep** | present | she | it |  |  |  | as luck | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The shop owes her even more money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t1:o2:1
# text = The shop owes her even more money
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	owes	owe	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **owe** | present | the shop | shop's more money |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She got the right change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t1:o3:1
# text = She got the right change
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | She | the right change |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer change=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She got $10 too much, so she gives it back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t1:o4:1
# text = She got $10 too much, so she gives it back
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	$	$	SYM	$	_	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
5	too	too	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	iobj	_	_
12	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer $=Stimulus |
| 2 | **give back** | present | she | it |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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