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title: It is given that the sum of ten pounds is expended upon an article e… — Regret, silly buys and peer pressure · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that the sum of ten pounds is expended upon an article enjoyed for two days only. Determine the cost per day of enjoyment. Exam question 2 of lesson 10 «Regret, silly buys and peer pressure» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 2 · Regret, silly buys and peer pressure

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It is given that the sum of ten pounds is expended upon an article enjoyed for two days only. Determine the cost per day of enjoyment.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** article, you · **What happens:** give, expend, enjoy, sum, determine · **To what, where:** It, sum, ten pounds, cost

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 10 «Regret, silly buys and peer pressure» 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/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that the sum of ten pounds is expended upon an article enjoyed for two days only.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:e2:1
# text = It is given that the sum of ten pounds is expended upon an article enjoyed for two days only.
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	_	11	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	expended	expend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
12	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	15	mark	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	enjoyed	enjoy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	advcl	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	_
19	only	only	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	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 | **expend** | present · passive |  | the sum of ten pounds |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **enjoy** | past | a article |  |  |  | day |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
| 4 | **sum** |  |  | ten pounds |  |  |  |  | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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 cost per day of enjoyment.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:e2:2
# text = Determine the cost per day of enjoyment.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	per	per	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	enjoyment	enjoyment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	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* | the cost |  |  | per day of enjoyment |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cost=Topic |

## The options {#options}

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

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Five pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:e2:o1:1
# text = Five pounds
1	Five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ten pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:e2:o2:1
# text = Ten pounds
1	Ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Twenty pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:e2:o3:1
# text = Twenty pounds
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Two pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:e2:o4:1
# text = Two pounds
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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