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title: my mate says the big family pack is always cheaper, that's why it's… — Taking care of your things and money · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says the big family pack is always cheaper, that's why it's big Test 18 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 right.
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# Test 18 · Taking care of your things and money

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my mate says the big family pack is always cheaper, that's why it's big

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, big family pack, that, pack · **What happens:** say, be · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:37-things-and-money:t18:1
# text = my mate says the big family pack is always cheaper, that's why it's big
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	10	advmod	_	_
10	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	conj	_	_
15	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
17	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	advcl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | the big family pack |  |  |  |  | always, cheap *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | why *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present | pack |  |  |  |  | big *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Not always; compare the price of one item, because a bigger pack is not always cheaper

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:37-things-and-money:t18:o1:1
# text = Not always; compare the price of one item, because a bigger pack is not always cheaper
1	Not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	compare	compare	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
11	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	14	amod	_	_
14	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
17	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	18	advmod	_	_
18	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **compare** | imperative | you *not said here* | the price of one item |  |  |  | always *property* | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **is** | present | a bigger pack |  |  |  |  | always, cheap *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, bigger always costs less per item

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:37-things-and-money:t18:o2:1
# text = He is right, bigger always costs less per item
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	amod	_	_
6	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	7	advmod	_	_
7	costs	cost	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	obj	_	_
9	per	per	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **cost** | present | He *not said here* | less |  |  |  | always *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme less=Value |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, if the packet is shiny

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:37-things-and-money:t18:o3:1
# text = He is right, if the packet is shiny
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	packet	packet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the packet |  |  |  |  | shiny *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, shops never charge more for big packs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:37-things-and-money:t18:o4:1
# text = He is right, shops never charge more for big packs
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	charge	charge	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	7	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	packs	pack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **charge** | present | shops | more |  |  |  | for big packs | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent more=Patient for pack=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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