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title: Market man: "three apples at 30p, that's a pound, love." Sofia says… — Prices and change at the till · tree and pragmatics
description: Market man: "three apples at 30p, that's a pound, love." Sofia says "isn't it 90p?" He laughs: "fair cop." ("Fair cop" means you caught me fairly.) Who was right? Test 2 of lesson 11 «Prices and change at the till» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics
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# Test 2 · Prices and change at the till

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Market man: "three apples at 30p, that's a pound, love." Sofia says "isn't it 90p?" He laughs: "fair cop." ("Fair cop" means you caught me fairly.) Who was right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** that, Sofia, man, Fair cop, you · **What happens:** be, say, not be, laugh, mean, catch · **To what, where:** pound, 90 p, fair cop, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 11 «Prices and change at the till» 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/11-prices-and-change-at-the-till/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Market man: "three apples at 30p, that's a pound, love."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t2:1
# text = Market man: "three apples at 30p, that's a pound, love."
1	Market	market	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	apples	apple	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	appos	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	love	love	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | a pound |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Sofia says "isn't it 90p?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t2:2
# text = Sofia says "isn't it 90p?"
1	Sofia	sofia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	90	90	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: ask* | present | Sofia |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **is a** *in a quote* | present | Sofia | 90 p |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* He laughs: "fair cop."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t2:3
# text = He laughs: "fair cop."
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laughs	laugh	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	cop	cop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | man | fair cop |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cop=Theme |

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*Sentence 4:* ("Fair cop" means you caught me fairly.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t2:4
# text = ("Fair cop" means you caught me fairly.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	cop	cop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	caught	catch	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
9	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	fairly	fairly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Fair cop |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **catch** | past | you | me |  |  |  | fairly *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |

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*Sentence 5:* Who was right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t2:5
# text = Who was right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The man: it's £1

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t2:o1:1
# text = The man: it's £1
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	2	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Neither: it's 60p

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t2:o2:1
# text = Neither: it's 60p
1	Neither	neither	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | 60 p |  |  |  | neither *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Both: 90p rounds to £1 so it's the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t2:o3:1
# text = Both: 90p rounds to £1 so it's the same
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	90	90	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	rounds	round	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	£	£	SYM	$	_	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | same *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Sofia: 3 × 30p = 90p

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t2:o4:1
# text = Sofia: 3 × 30p = 90p
1	Sofia	sofia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	3	punct	_	_
3	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	_
4	×	×	SYM	SYM	Number=Sing	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
5	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
7	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	8	case	_	_
8	90	90	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

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