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title: It is given that a beverage is priced at one pound twenty pence and… — Prices and change at the till · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a beverage is priced at one pound twenty pence and a packet of crisps at eighty-five pence. Determine whether a sum of two pounds suffices for the purchase of both. Exam question 2 of lesson 11 «Prices and change at the till» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the de
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# Exam question 2 · Prices and change at the till

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It is given that a beverage is priced at one pound twenty pence and a packet of crisps at eighty-five pence. Determine whether a sum of two pounds suffices for the purchase of both.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, sum · **What happens:** give, price, determine, suffice, sum · **To what, where:** It, beverage, one pound, two pounds

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 11 «Prices and change at the till» 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/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a beverage is priced at one pound twenty pence and a packet of crisps at eighty-five pence.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:e2:1
# text = It is given that a beverage is priced at one pound twenty pence and a packet of crisps at eighty-five pence.
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	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	beverage	beverage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	priced	price	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	16	cc	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	packet	packet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	crisps	crisp	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nmod	_	_
19	at	at	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
20	eighty	eighty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	22	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	20	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	23	nummod	_	_
23	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	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 | **price** | present · passive |  | a beverage |  | one pound and a packet of crisps |  | at five pence | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at pound=Value |

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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 whether a sum of two pounds suffices for the purchase of both.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:e2:2
# text = Determine whether a sum of two pounds suffices for the purchase of both.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	whether	whether	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
8	suffices	suffice	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **suffice** | present | a sum of two pounds |  |  |  |  | for the purchase of both | tree rules |
| 3 | **sum** |  |  | two pounds |  |  |  |  | nom sum «possession transitive»: of=patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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It does, precisely and without remainder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:e2:o1:1
# text = It does, precisely and without remainder
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	precisely	precisely	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	without	without	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	remainder	remainder	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | It |  |  |  |  | precisely *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It does not, being insufficient by fifteen pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:e2:o2:1
# text = It does not, being insufficient by fifteen pence
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | by fifteen pence; insufficient *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It does not, being insufficient by five pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:e2:o3:1
# text = It does not, being insufficient by five pence
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	cop	_	_
6	insufficient	insufficient	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **do** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | by five pence; insufficient *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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It does, leaving five pence as change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:e2:o4:1
# text = It does, leaving five pence as change
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	leaving	leave	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
5	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **leave** | gerund |  | five pence |  |  |  | as change | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pence=Theme |

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