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title: «free dinners r for scroungers lol». Is that right? — Money is tight: free school meals and… · tree and pragmatics
description: «free dinners r for scroungers lol». Is that right? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 487 «Money is tight: free school meals and second-hand uniform» 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 1 · ★ · Money is tight: free school meals and second-hand uniform

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«free dinners r for scroungers lol». Is that right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** that · **What happens:** be

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 487 «Money is tight: free school meals and second-hand uniform» 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/487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* «free dinners r for scroungers lol».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:t1:1
# text = «free dinners r for scroungers lol».
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dinners	dinner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	r	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	scroungers	scrounger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Is that right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:t1:2
# text = Is that right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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No, they're a fair help lots of families get

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:t1:o1:1
# text = No, they're a fair help lots of families get
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	8	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	help	help	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	lots	lot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | they | a fair help lots |  |  |  | of families | tree rules |
| 2 | **get** | present | a fair help lots |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, families should pay for everything

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:t1:o2:1
# text = Yes, families should pay for everything
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	everything	everything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | should | families |  |  |  |  | for everything | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for everything=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, only lazy families ever need them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:t1:o3:1
# text = Yes, only lazy families ever need them
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	lazy	lazy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	families	family	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | lazy families | them *= they* |  |  | ever |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot they=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, because dinners cost nothing to cook

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:t1:o4:1
# text = No, because dinners cost nothing to cook
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	dinners	dinner	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	cook	cook	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | dinners | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme nothing=Value |
| 2 | **cook** | to-infinitive | dinners *not said here* | nothing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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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