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title: Mum, counting coins: «this is two quid short. where's the rest??» Wh… — Sweets, change and a friend's toy · tree and pragmatics
description: Mum, counting coins: «this is two quid short. where's the rest??» What should the boy say? Test 2 of lesson 338 «Sweets, change and a friend's toy» 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 2 · Sweets, change and a friend's toy

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Mum, counting coins: «this is two quid short. where's the rest??» What should the boy say?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mum, this, boy · **What happens:** count, be, say · **To what, where:** coins, rest · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 338 «Sweets, change and a friend's toy» 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/338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mum, counting coins: «this is two quid short. where's the rest??»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:t2:1
# text = Mum, counting coins: «this is two quid short. where's the rest??»
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	counting	count	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
6	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nsubj	_	_
10	quid	quid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
13	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	16	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	rest	rest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | gerund | Mum | coins |  |  |  |  | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | this |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | the rest |  |  |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should the boy say?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:t2:2
# text = What should the boy say?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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The truth, and give the money back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:t2:o1:1
# text = The truth, and give the money back
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	truth	truth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	back	back	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give back** | infinitive | the truth | the money |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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That the shop gave the wrong change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:t2:o2:1
# text = That the shop gave the wrong change
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gave	give	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past | that shop | the wrong change |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent change=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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That all the prices in the shop went up today

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:t2:o3:1
# text = That all the prices in the shop went up today
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	8	nsubj	_	_
2	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	4	det:predet	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	went	go	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	up	up	ADP	RP	_	8	compound:prt	_	_
10	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** | past | That |  |  |  | today |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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That he dropped it down a drain on the way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:338-sweets-change-and-a-friends-toy:t2:o4:1
# text = That he dropped it down a drain on the way
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	down	down	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	drain	drain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop down** | past | That | it |  | the way |  | a drain *obl* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on way=Destination |

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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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