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title: A girl buys a $3 snack with a $5 note, and the shop gives her $1. Wh… — Taking care of your things and money · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl buys a $3 snack with a $5 note, and the shop gives her $1. What happened? Test 4 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.
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# Test 4 · Taking care of your things and money

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A girl buys a $3 snack with a $5 note, and the shop gives her $1. What happened?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, shop · **What happens:** buy, give, happen · **To what, where:** $ snack, girl

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl buys a $3 snack with a $5 note, and the shop gives her $1.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:37-things-and-money:t4:1
# text = A girl buys a $3 snack with a $5 note, and the shop gives her $1.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	buys	buy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	$	$	SYM	$	_	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
7	snack	snack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	$	$	SYM	$	_	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
12	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
17	gives	give	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
18	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	iobj	_	_
19	$	$	SYM	$	_	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | present | a girl | a $ snack |  |  |  | with a $ note | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent snack=Theme |
| 2 | **give** | present | the shop |  | girl |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient $=Theme |

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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 happened?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:37-things-and-money:t4:2
# text = What happened?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | past |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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She was given $1 too much in change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:37-things-and-money:t4:o1:1
# text = She was given $1 too much in change
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	$	$	SYM	$	_	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · passive |  | She |  | change |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient $=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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She was given $1 too little change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:37-things-and-money:t4:o2:1
# text = She was given $1 too little change
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	$	$	SYM	$	_	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
6	too	too	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · passive |  | She |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient change=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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She did not need to get any change at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:37-things-and-money:t4:o3:1
# text = She did not need to get any change at all
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
7	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	8	det	_	_
8	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **need** | past · do-support | She |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **get** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | any change |  | all |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent change=Theme at all=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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She was given exactly the right change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:37-things-and-money:t4:o4:1
# text = She was given exactly the right change
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | past · passive |  | She |  |  |  | the right change *obl* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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