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title: Bloke in the newsagent's: "25p for a Freddo?? Daylight robbery!" ("D… — Prices and change at the till · tree and pragmatics
description: Bloke in the newsagent's: "25p for a Freddo?? Daylight robbery!" ("Daylight robbery" means a price that feels like stealing.) Why did the price go up? Test 3 of lesson 11 «Prices and change at the till» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Test 3 · Prices and change at the till

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Bloke in the newsagent's: "25p for a Freddo?? Daylight robbery!" ("Daylight robbery" means a price that feels like stealing.) Why did the price go up?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Daylight robbery, price · **What happens:** mean, feel, steal, go up · **To what, where:** price

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Bloke in the newsagent's: "25p for a Freddo??

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t3:1
# text = Bloke in the newsagent's: "25p for a Freddo??
1	Bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	newsagent	newsagent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	Freddo	Freddo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Daylight robbery!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t3:2
# text = Daylight robbery!"
1	Daylight	daylight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	robbery	robbery	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* ("Daylight robbery" means a price that feels like stealing.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t3:3
# text = ("Daylight robbery" means a price that feels like stealing.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Daylight	daylight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	robbery	robbery	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	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	like	like	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Daylight robbery | a price |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Topic |
| 2 | **feel** | present | a price |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **steal** | gerund | a price *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 4:* Why did the price go up?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t3:4
# text = Why did the price go up?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	up	up	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go up** | past · do-support | the price |  |  |  |  |  | vn calibratable\_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The shop is stealing from him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t3:o1:1
# text = The shop is stealing from him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	stealing	steal	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **steal** | present · progressive | the shop |  |  |  |  | from him *= he* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Prices slowly rise over the years; that's inflation

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t3:o2:1
# text = Prices slowly rise over the years; that's inflation
1	Prices	price	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	rise	rise	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	over	over	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	years	year	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	inflation	inflation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rise** | present | Prices |  |  |  | year | slowly *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | that inflation |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Freddos got bigger

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t3:o3:1
# text = Freddos got bigger
1	Freddos	Freddos	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	bigger	big	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | Freddos |  |  |  |  | big *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bloke is just bad at maths

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t3:o4:1
# text = The bloke is just bad at maths
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bloke	bloke	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	maths	math	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the bloke |  |  | maths |  | bad *property* | tree rules |

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