--- title: this toy is super cheap, buy 3 — Coins, pocket money, saving, spending… · tree and pragmatics description: this toy is super cheap, buy 3 Test 16 · ★ of lesson 308 «Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning time» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/t16/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Coins, pocket money, saving, spending…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning… this toy is super cheap, buy 3 **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** toy · **What happens:** be, buy · **To what, where:** 3 This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 308 «Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning time» 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/308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t16:1 # text = this toy is super cheap, buy 3 1 this this DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 2 det _ _ 2 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 super super ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 cheap cheap ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 7 buy buy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 8 3 3 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | this toy | | | | | cheap, super *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **buy** | infinitive | | 3 | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3=Theme | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Yes, cheap always means good value, so you save money ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t16:o1:1 # text = Yes, cheap always means good value, so you save money 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 cheap cheap ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 nsubj _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 means mean VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 value value NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 save save VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 parataxis _ _ 12 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | cheap | good value | | | | always *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent value=Topic | | 2 | **save** | present | you | money | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, buy as many as you can ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t16:o2:1 # text = Yes, buy as many as you can 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 buy buy VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 as as ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 many many ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obj _ _ 6 as as SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | imperative | you *not said here* | many | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent many=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, quality doesn't matter ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t16:o3:1 # text = Yes, quality doesn't matter 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 quality quality NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 4 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 5 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 matter matter VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | | quality | | | | | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Check if it will last; cheap can cost more ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t16:o4:1 # text = Check if it will last; cheap can cost more 1 Check check VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 last last VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 ccomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ; ; PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 cheap cheap ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 nsubj _ _ 8 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 9 cost cost VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 10 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **last** *a condition, not said to happen* | future | it | | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **cost** | can | cheap | more | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value | **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. 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