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title: «it's only 99p, mum won't notice». You're about to buy coins on her… — Spending money online without asking · tree and pragmatics
description: «it's only 99p, mum won't notice». You're about to buy coins on her phone. What's true? Test 1 of lesson 362 «Spending money online without asking» 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 1 · Spending money online without asking

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«it's only 99p, mum won't notice». You're about to buy coins on her phone. What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it, mum, You · **What happens:** be, not notice, buy · **To what, where:** 99 p, coins, phone

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This is test 1 of lesson 362 «Spending money online without asking» 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/362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «it's only 99p, mum won't notice».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:t1:1
# text = «it's only 99p, mum won't notice».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	99	99	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | it | 99 p |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **notice** *in a quote* | future | mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:* You're about to buy coins on her phone.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:t1:2
# text = You're about to buy coins on her phone.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | You |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive | You *not said here* | coins |  | mum's phone |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:t1:3
# text = What's true?
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	true	true	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 |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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It's real money, and you need to ask first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:t1:o1:1
# text = It's real money, and you need to ask first
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | real money |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **need** | present | you | real money *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | real money *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Coins pay themselves back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:t1:o2:1
# text = Coins pay themselves back
1	Coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	pay	pay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	themselves	themselves	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	2	obj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay back** | present | Coins | Coins *= coin* |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent themselves=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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99p isn't really real money, so it doesn't matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:t1:o3:1
# text = 99p isn't really real money, so it doesn't matter
1	99	99	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
5	really	really	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
11	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **is a** | present | 99 p | real money |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It's free if it's under £1

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:362-gems-on-mums-card-fake-ages-and-pop-up-prizes:t1:o4:1
# text = It's free if it's under £1
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	£	£	SYM	$	_	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
```

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

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