--- title: What would happen if Jack waited a month before buying the fidget toy? — Regret, silly buys and peer pressure · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if Jack waited a month before buying the fidget toy? Test 8 · ★★★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/) / [Regret, silly buys and peer pressure](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★★★ · Regret, silly buys and peer pressure What would happen if Jack waited a month before buying the fidget toy? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Jack · **What happens:** happen, wait, buy · **To what, where:** fidget toy This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Regret, silly buys and peer pressure» of the money 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/money/10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:t8:1 # text = What would happen if Jack waited a month before buying the fidget toy? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 5 Jack Jack PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 6 waited wait VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 month month NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl:unmarked _ _ 9 before before SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 buying buy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 advcl _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 fidget fidget NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **wait** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Jack | | | | month | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **buy** | gerund | Jack *not said here* | the fidget toy | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toy=Theme | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} He'd probably see it was a fad and keep his £10 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:t8:o1:1 # text = He'd probably see it was a fad and keep his £10 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 probably probably ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 fad fad NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 ccomp _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ _ 11 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 12 nmod:poss _ _ 12 £ £ SYM $ _ 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | would | He | | | | | probably *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is a** | past | it | a fad | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **keep** | infinitive | He *not said here* | | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} The toy would cost £20 by then ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:t8:o2:1 # text = The toy would cost £20 by then 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 toy toy NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 cost cost VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 £ £ SYM $ _ 4 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 5 nummod _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cost** | would | the toy | | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme £=Value | ### Option 3 {#o3} He'd have to buy two of them ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:t8:o3:1 # text = He'd have to buy two of them 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 buy buy VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 5 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | would | He | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **buy** | to-infinitive | He *not said here* | two of them | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent two=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Nothing would change at all ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:10-regret-silly-buys-and-peer-pressure:t8:o4:1 # text = Nothing would change at all 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | would | Nothing | | | all | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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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