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title: mum, after a £70 surprise: «what do we change so this can't happen a… — Mum's card: game money is real money · tree and pragmatics
description: mum, after a £70 surprise: «what do we change so this can't happen again?» Best idea? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 414 «Mum's card: game money is real 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 10 · ★★ · Mum's card: game money is real money

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mum, after a £70 surprise: «what do we change so this can't happen again?» Best idea?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** we, this · **What happens:** change, not happen · **To what, where:** £ surprise

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 414 «Mum's card: game money is real 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/414-mums-card/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* mum, after a £70 surprise: «what do we change so this can't happen again?»

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:414-mums-card:t10:1
# text = mum, after a £70 surprise: «what do we change so this can't happen again?»
1	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	after	after	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	£	£	SYM	$	_	7	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	70	70	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
7	surprise	surprise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	13	punct	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	13	obj	_	_
11	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
12	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	parataxis	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
15	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	nsubj	_	_
16	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
19	again	again	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** *in a quote* | present · do-support | we | a £ surprise |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **happen** *in a quote* | can | this |  |  |  | again |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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:* Best idea?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:414-mums-card:t10:2
# text = Best idea?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	idea	idea	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

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

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Remove the saved card and add a purchase password

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:414-mums-card:t10:o1:1
# text = Remove the saved card and add a purchase password
1	Remove	remove	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	add	add	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	password	password	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remove** | imperative | you *not said here* | the saved card |  |  |  |  | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme |
| 2 | **save** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **add** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | a purchase password |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent password=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Hide the tablet behind the sofa

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:414-mums-card:t10:o2:1
# text = Hide the tablet behind the sofa
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	tablet	tablet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sofa	sofa	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | the tablet |  | the sofa |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent tablet=Patient behind sofa=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Buy a new tablet with no lock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:414-mums-card:t10:o3:1
# text = Buy a new tablet with no lock
1	Buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tablet	tablet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	lock	lock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | imperative | you *not said here* | a new tablet |  |  |  | with no lock | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tablet=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ban the whole family from games for ever and sell the tablet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:414-mums-card:t10:o4:1
# text = Ban the whole family from games for ever and sell the tablet
1	Ban	Ban	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	games	game	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	6	nmod	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	sell	sell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	tablet	tablet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | infinitive |  | the tablet |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tablet=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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