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# Test 10 · ★ · Money is tight: free school meals and second-hand uniform

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Six kids bring cupcakes and Amara brings a pack of 20 biscuits. Cupcakes sell at 50p and biscuits at 10p. If six cupcakes and all the biscuits sell, which raised more?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Six kids, Amara, Cupcakes, six cupcakes · **What happens:** bring, sell, raise · **To what, where:** cupcakes, pack, 50 p, more

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This is test 10 · ★ 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/#t10).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Six kids bring cupcakes and Amara brings a pack of 20 biscuits.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:t10:1
# text = Six kids bring cupcakes and Amara brings a pack of 20 biscuits.
1	Six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	bring	bring	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	cupcakes	cupcake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	Amara	Amara	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	brings	bring	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **bring** | present | Six kids | cupcakes |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cupcake=Theme |
| 2 | **bring** | present | Amara | a pack of 20 biscuits |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent pack=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:* Cupcakes sell at 50p and biscuits at 10p.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:t10:2
# text = Cupcakes sell at 50p and biscuits at 10p.
1	Cupcakes	cupcake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	sell	sell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present | Cupcakes |  |  | 50 p and biscuits |  | at 10 p | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent at p=Asset |

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*Sentence 3:* If six cupcakes and all the biscuits sell, which raised more?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:t10:3
# text = If six cupcakes and all the biscuits sell, which raised more?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
2	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	cupcakes	cupcake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
8	sell	sell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	nsubj	_	_
11	raised	raise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
12	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | six cupcakes and all biscuits |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **raise** | past |  | more |  |  |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The biscuits, by a pound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:t10:o1:1
# text = The biscuits, by a pound
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They raised exactly the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:t10:o2:1
# text = They raised exactly the same
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	raised	raise	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **raise** | past | They |  |  |  |  | same *property* | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The biscuits, by two pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:t10:o3:1
# text = The biscuits, by two pounds
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	biscuits	biscuit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The six cupcakes, by a pound

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:487-money-is-tight-free-meals-and-second-hand-uniform:t10:o4:1
# text = The six cupcakes, by a pound
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
3	cupcakes	cupcake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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

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