--- title: It is given that confectionery is sold at one pound per bag. Determi… — What money is and why people accept it · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that confectionery is sold at one pound per bag. Determine the number of bags obtainable in exchange for a note of five pounds. 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Determine the number of bags obtainable in exchange for a note of five pounds. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, sell, determine, note · **To what, where:** It, confectionery, one pound, number, five pounds This is exam question 2 of lesson 1 «What money is and why people accept it» of the money 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/money/1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it/#e2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that confectionery is sold at one pound per bag. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:e2:1 # text = It is given that confectionery is sold at one pound per bag. 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 DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 5 det _ _ 5 confectionery confectionery NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 sold sell VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 nummod _ _ 10 pound pound NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 per per ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 12 bag bag NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **sell** | present · passive | | that confectionery | | one pound per bag | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme at pound=Asset | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine the number of bags obtainable in exchange for a note of five pounds. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:e2:2 # text = Determine the number of bags obtainable in exchange for a note of five pounds. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 bags bag NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 6 obtainable obtainable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 exchange exchange NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 note note NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nmod _ _ 12 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 nummod _ _ 14 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the number of bags | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent number=Topic | | 2 | **note** | | | five pounds | | | | | nom note «communication transitive»: of=patient | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Five ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:e2:o1:1 # text = Five 1 Five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Ten ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:e2:o2:1 # text = Ten 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Six ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:e2:o3:1 # text = Six 1 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Four ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:1-what-money-is-and-why-people-accept-it:e2:o4:1 # text = Four 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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