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title: It is given that one item was previously priced at twenty rand and t… — «Only one left!»: shops and adverts · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that one item was previously priced at twenty rand and that three items are now offered at sixty rand under a «buy two, get one free» promotion. Determine the saving obtained. Exam question 2 of lesson 441 ««Only one left!»: shops and adverts» of the everyday course of Mova's primary sch
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# Exam question 2 · «Only one left!»: shops and adverts

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It is given that one item was previously priced at twenty rand and that three items are now offered at sixty rand under a «buy two, get one free» promotion. Determine the saving obtained.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, saving · **What happens:** give, price, offer, buy, get, determine · **To what, where:** It, one item, twenty rand, that, sixty rand, two

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 441 ««Only one left!»: shops and adverts» 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/441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that one item was previously priced at twenty rand and that three items are now offered at sixty rand under a «buy two, get one free» promotion.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts:e2:1
# text = It is given that one item was previously priced at twenty rand and that three items are now offered at sixty rand under a «buy two, get one free» promotion.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
8	previously	previously	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	priced	price	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	rand	rand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
15	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	items	item	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj:pass	_	_
17	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux:pass	_	_
18	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	19	advmod	_	_
19	offered	offer	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	conj	_	_
20	at	at	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	nummod	_	_
22	rand	rand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	under	under	ADP	IN	_	33	case	_	_
24	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	33	det	_	_
25	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	26	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	buy	buy	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	33	compound	_	_
27	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	26	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
29	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	26	parataxis	_	_
30	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	31	nummod	_	_
31	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
32	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	26	punct	_	_
33	promotion	promotion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
34	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **price** | past · passive |  | one item |  | twenty rand |  | previously *property* | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at rand=Value |
| 3 | **offer** | present · passive |  | that |  | sixty rand under a buy promotion | now |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: subject=Theme |
| 4 | **buy** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | two |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Theme |
| 5 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | free *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:* Determine the saving obtained.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts:e2:2
# text = Determine the saving obtained.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	saving	saving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	obtained	obtain	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **obtain** | past | the saving |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A saving of twenty rand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts:e2:o1:1
# text = A saving of twenty rand
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	saving	saving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	rand	rand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A saving of sixty rand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts:e2:o2:1
# text = A saving of sixty rand
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	saving	saving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	rand	rand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A saving of forty rand

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts:e2:o3:1
# text = A saving of forty rand
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	saving	saving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	rand	rand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No saving whatsoever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:441-only-one-left-shops-and-adverts:e2:o4:1
# text = No saving whatsoever
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	saving	saving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	whatsoever	whatsoever	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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

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