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title: my mate says his cousin "saved a million in his piggy bank". what's… — Coins, pocket money, saving, spending… · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says his cousin "saved a million in his piggy bank". what's prob exaggerated Test 19 · ★ 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;
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# Test 19 · ★ · Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning…

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my mate says his cousin "saved a million in his piggy bank". what's prob exaggerated

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, cousin · **What happens:** say, save, be, exaggerate · **To what, where:** million, piggy bank, prob · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★ 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/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t19:1
# text = my mate says his cousin "saved a million in his piggy bank". what's prob exaggerated
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	saved	save	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	obj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
12	piggy	piggy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
16	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	prob	prob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
19	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	18	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **save** *in a quote* | past | mate's cousin | a million |  | mate's piggy bank |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent million=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | prob |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **exaggerate** | participle |  | prob *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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That piggy banks hold money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t19:o1:1
# text = That piggy banks hold money
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	piggy	piggy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	banks	bank	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	hold	hold	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | present | piggy banks | money |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That saving adds up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t19:o2:1
# text = That saving adds up
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	saving	saving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	adds	add	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **add up** *speech: assert* | present | that saving |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That coins exist

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t19:o3:1
# text = That coins exist
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	exist	exist	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **exist** | present | that coins |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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The million; but saving regularly does let small amounts add up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t19:o4:1
# text = The million; but saving regularly does let small amounts add up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	million	million	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
5	saving	save	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
6	regularly	regularly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
9	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	amounts	amount	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
11	add	add	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	conj	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | regularly *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **let** | present · do-support | saving |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **add up** *speech: assert* | present | small amounts |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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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