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title: At the school tuck shop there is a long queue. What helps you and ev… — Prices, change, borrowing and lending · tree and pragmatics
description: At the school tuck shop there is a long queue. What helps you and everyone else? Test 9 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 9 · ★★ · Prices, change, borrowing and lending

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At the school tuck shop there is a long queue. What helps you and everyone else?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** long queue · **What happens:** be, help · **To what, where:** tuck shop, you

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This is test 9 · ★★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* At the school tuck shop there is a long queue.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t9:1
# text = At the school tuck shop there is a long queue.
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	tuck	tuck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	7	expl	_	_
7	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	queue	queue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | a long queue |  |  | the tuck shop; there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at shop=Location |

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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 you and everyone else?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t9:2
# text = What helps you and everyone else?
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	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	conj	_	_
6	else	else	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Counting your coins slowly at the front

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t9:o1:1
# text = Counting your coins slowly at the front
1	Counting	count	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | gerund |  | your coins |  | the front |  | slowly *property* | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme |
| 2 | **coin** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom coin «possession transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Asking the price of every item

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t9:o2:1
# text = Asking the price of every item
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  | the price of every item |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent price=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Deciding what to buy at the counter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t9:o3:1
# text = Deciding what to buy at the counter
1	Deciding	decide	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	counter	counter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **buy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the counter |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent what=Theme at counter=Asset |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Checking the prices and having your money ready

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:262-prices-change-and-borrowing:t9:o4:1
# text = Checking the prices and having your money ready
1	Checking	check	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	having	have	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	ready	ready	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | gerund |  | the prices |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Theme |
| 2 | **have** | gerund |  | your money |  |  |  | ready *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient |

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