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title: Archie goes "75p, sweets 20p, so I get 4, easy." What's wrong? — Prices and change at the till · tree and pragmatics
description: Archie goes "75p, sweets 20p, so I get 4, easy." What's wrong? Test 4 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 4 · Prices and change at the till

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Archie goes "75p, sweets 20p, so I get 4, easy." What's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Archie, I · **What happens:** go, get, be · **To what, where:** 75 p, 4

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Archie goes "75p, sweets 20p, so I get 4, easy."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t4:1
# text = Archie goes "75p, sweets 20p, so I get 4, easy."
1	Archie	Archie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	75	75	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
14	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	easy	easy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	xcomp	_	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 | **go** | present | Archie | 75 p and sweets  20 p |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present | I | 4 |  |  |  | easy *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 4=Stimulus |

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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:* What's wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t4:2
# text = What's wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	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** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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He can actually buy 5

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t4:o1:1
# text = He can actually buy 5
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | can | He | 5 |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 5=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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4 sweets cost 80p, which is 5p more than he has

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t4:o2:1
# text = 4 sweets cost 80p, which is 5p more than he has
1	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	80	80	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
9	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
11	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	obj	_	_
12	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
13	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | 4 sweets | 80 p and 5 p |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme p=Beneficiary more=Value |
| 2 | **is a** | present | 80 p and 5 p | 5 p |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **have** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, 4 sweets is right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t4:o3:1
# text = Nothing, 4 sweets is right
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He can only buy 2

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t4:o4:1
# text = He can only buy 2
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **buy** | can | He | 2 |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2=Theme |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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