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title: «got £20 for my birthday, gonna spend it all on sweets today». What'… — Wasting food and water · tree and pragmatics
description: «got £20 for my birthday, gonna spend it all on sweets today». What's likely? Test 5 of lesson 360 «Wasting food and water» 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · Wasting food and water

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«got £20 for my birthday, gonna spend it all on sweets today». What's likely?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** get, spend, be · **To what, where:** birthday, sweets

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This is test 5 of lesson 360 «Wasting food and water» 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/360-sandwiches-taps-lights-paper-and-the-buffet/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «got £20 for my birthday, gonna spend it all on sweets today».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:360-sandwiches-taps-lights-paper-and-the-buffet:t5:1
# text = «got £20 for my birthday, gonna spend it all on sweets today».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	£	£	SYM	$	_	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	gonna	gonna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	10	dep	_	_
10	spend	spend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
15	today	today	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** *in a quote* | past |  |  |  |  |  | for my birthday | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent £=Theme for birthday=Source |
| 2 | **spend** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | birthday |  |  | today | on sweets *goal* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent it=Asset on sweet=Goal |

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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's likely?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:360-sandwiches-taps-lights-paper-and-the-buffet:t5:2
# text = What's likely?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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It's the best way to save

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:360-sandwiches-taps-lights-paper-and-the-buffet:t5:o1:1
# text = It's the best way to save
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | the best way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **save** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The shop gives change back later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:360-sandwiches-taps-lights-paper-and-the-buffet:t5:o2:1
# text = The shop gives change back later
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	3	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Sweets last much longer than money does, so it's fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:360-sandwiches-taps-lights-paper-and-the-buffet:t5:o3:1
# text = Sweets last much longer than money does, so it's fine
1	Sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	last	last	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	much	much	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
5	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | present | Sweets |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **do** | present | money |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | Sweets *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

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

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A sore tummy and no money left for later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:360-sandwiches-taps-lights-paper-and-the-buffet:t5:o4:1
# text = A sore tummy and no money left for later
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sore	sore	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	tummy	tummy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	6	det	_	_
6	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
7	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | participle |  | no money *not said here* |  |  |  | late *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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