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title: A sign says "Only $9.99!" What is the honest way to think of this pr… — Prices, change, borrowing and lending · tree and pragmatics
description: A sign says "Only $9.99!" What is the honest way to think of this price? Test 3 · ★★ 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 option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Prices, change, borrowing and lending

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A sign says "Only $9.99!" What is the honest way to think of this price?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sign, honest way · **What happens:** say, be, think · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A sign says "Only $9.99!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t3:1
# text = A sign says "Only $9.99!"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	$	$	SYM	$	_	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	9.99	9.99	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a sign |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent $=Topic |

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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 the honest way to think of this price?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t3:2
# text = What is the honest way to think of this price?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	honest	honest	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	think	think	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	_
10	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the honest way |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **think** *speech: other* | to-infinitive | the honest way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of this price | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is about $9, as you drop the cents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t3:o1:1
# text = It is about $9, as you drop the cents
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	about	about	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	$	$	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
7	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	drop	drop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	cents	cent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | present | you | the cents |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is basically $10

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t3:o2:1
# text = It is basically $10
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	$	$	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a lot less than $10

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t3:o3:1
# text = It is a lot less than $10
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	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	4	det	_	_
4	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
5	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
6	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	$	$	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | a lot *obl:unmarked*; less *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is half price, a real bargain

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t3:o4:1
# text = It is half price, a real bargain
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	half	half	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	4	amod	_	_
4	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	bargain	bargain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | half price and a real bargain |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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