--- title: big pack or small pack, which is cheaper — Taking care of your things and money · tree and pragmatics description: big pack or small pack, which is cheaper Test 11 of lesson 37 «Taking care of your things and money» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/37-things-and-money/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Taking care of your things and money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/37-things-and-money/) / t11 # Test 11 · Taking care of your things and money big pack or small pack, which is cheaper **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big pack · **What happens:** be This is test 11 of lesson 37 «Taking care of your things and money» 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/37-things-and-money/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:37-things-and-money:t11:1 # text = big pack or small pack, which is cheaper 1 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 4 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 pack pack NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 9 nsubj _ _ 8 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 cheaper cheap ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | big pack or small pack | | | | | cheap *property* | tree rules | 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} Big packs are always cheaper ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:37-things-and-money:t11:o1:1 # text = Big packs are always cheaper 1 Big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 packs pack NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 cheaper cheap ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Big packs | | | | | always, cheap *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} Pick the brightest one ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:37-things-and-money:t11:o2:1 # text = Pick the brightest one 1 Pick pick VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 brightest bright ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 4 amod _ _ 4 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pick** | imperative | you *not said here* | the brightest one | | | | | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Compare the price of one item ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:37-things-and-money:t11:o3:1 # text = Compare the price of one item 1 Compare compare VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 item item NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **compare** | imperative | you *not said here* | the price of one item | | | | | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Small packs are always cheaper ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:37-things-and-money:t11:o4:1 # text = Small packs are always cheaper 1 Small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 packs pack NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 cheaper cheap ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Small packs | | | | | always, cheap *property* | tree rules | **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. 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