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title: A boy buys a cheap umbrella every month because each one breaks in t… — Coins, pocket money, saving, spending… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy buys a cheap umbrella every month because each one breaks in the wind. What would be a wiser choice? Test 4 · ★ 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 questio
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# Test 4 · ★ · Coins, pocket money, saving, spending wisely and planning…

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A boy buys a cheap umbrella every month because each one breaks in the wind. What would be a wiser choice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, one · **What happens:** buy, break, be · **To what, where:** cheap umbrella, wind, wiser choice

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy buys a cheap umbrella every month because each one breaks in the wind.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t4:1
# text = A boy buys a cheap umbrella every month because each one breaks in the wind.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	buys	buy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	umbrella	umbrella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
9	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
11	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	breaks	break	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | present | a boy | a cheap umbrella |  |  | month |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent umbrella=Theme |
| 2 | **break** | present | each one |  |  | the wind |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wind=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 would be a wiser choice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t4:2
# text = What would be a wiser choice?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	6	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	wiser	wise	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | would |  | a wiser choice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Never buy an umbrella and stay at home when it rains

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t4:o1:1
# text = Never buy an umbrella and stay at home when it rains
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	umbrella	umbrella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
9	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	11	mark	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	rains	rain	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **buy** | imperative | you *not said here* | a umbrella |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent umbrella=Theme |
| 2 | **stay** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | home |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location |
| 3 | **rain** | present | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

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

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Pay a little more once for an umbrella that lasts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t4:o2:1
# text = Pay a little more once for an umbrella that lasts
1	Pay	pay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
5	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	umbrella	umbrella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	lasts	last	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | imperative | you *not said here* | a little |  |  |  | for a umbrella; once *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for umbrella=Theme |
| 2 | **last** | present | a umbrella |  |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Keep buying the cheapest one every month

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t4:o3:1
# text = Keep buying the cheapest one every month
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	buying	buy	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	cheapest	cheap	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **buy** | gerund | you *not said here* | the cheapest one |  |  | month |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Buy two cheap umbrellas at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:308-coins-pocket-money-saving-and-planning-time:t4:o4:1
# text = Buy two cheap umbrellas at once
1	Buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	cheap	cheap	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	umbrellas	umbrella	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | imperative | you *not said here* | two cheap umbrellas |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent umbrella=Theme at once=Asset |

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