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title: Whereas a pupil incurs twenty separate charges of seventy-nine pence… — In-game purchases and skins: the danci… · tree and pragmatics
description: Whereas a pupil incurs twenty separate charges of seventy-nine pence each, determine the aggregate expenditure. Exam question 2 of lesson 412 «In-game purchases and skins: the dancing banana problem» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 2 · In-game purchases and skins: the dancing banana problem

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Whereas a pupil incurs twenty separate charges of seventy-nine pence each, determine the aggregate expenditure.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** incur, determine, charge · **To what, where:** twenty separate charges, aggregate expenditure, nine pence

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 412 «In-game purchases and skins: the dancing banana problem» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/412-in-game-purchases-and-skins/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:412-in-game-purchases-and-skins:e2:1
# text = Whereas a pupil incurs twenty separate charges of seventy-nine pence each, determine the aggregate expenditure.
1	Whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	pupil	pupil	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	incurs	incur	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
6	separate	separate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	charges	charge	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
9	seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
13	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	12	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	determine	determine	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	aggregate	aggregate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	expenditure	expenditure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **incur** | present |  | twenty separate charges of nine pence |  |  |  | whereas a pupil | tree rules |
| 2 | **determine** | infinitive |  | the aggregate expenditure |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expenditure=Topic |
| 3 | **charge** |  |  | nine pence |  |  |  |  | nom charge «act transitive»: of=patient |

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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 {#o1}

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Twenty pounds and seventy-nine pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:412-in-game-purchases-and-skins:e2:o1:1
# text = Twenty pounds and seventy-nine pence
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	seventy	seventy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Fifteen pounds and eighty pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:412-in-game-purchases-and-skins:e2:o2:1
# text = Fifteen pounds and eighty pence
1	Fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	eighty	eighty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Seventy-nine pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:412-in-game-purchases-and-skins:e2:o3:1
# text = Seventy-nine pence
1	Seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Seven pounds and ninety pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:412-in-game-purchases-and-skins:e2:o4:1
# text = Seven pounds and ninety pence
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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