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title: Kieran: "2 cans of pop at 65p and crisps at 70p — no wait, 75p." He… — Prices and change at the till · tree and pragmatics
description: Kieran: "2 cans of pop at 65p and crisps at 70p — no wait, 75p." He has £2. Can he buy all three? Test 8 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 8 · Prices and change at the till

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Kieran: "2 cans of pop at 65p and crisps at 70p — no wait, 75p." He has £2. Can he buy all three?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** 65 p, Kieran · **What happens:** crisp, have, buy · **To what, where:** 70 p, three

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Kieran: "2 cans of pop at 65p and crisps at 70p — no wait, 75p."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t8:1
# text = Kieran: "2 cans of pop at 65p and crisps at 70p — no wait, 75p."
1	Kieran	Kieran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	cans	can	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	pop	pop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	65	65	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	crisps	crisp	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	acl:relcl	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	70	70	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
16	—	-	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	18	det	_	_
18	wait	wait	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	75	75	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **crisp** *in a quote* | present | 65 p *not said here* |  |  | 70 p |  |  | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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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:* He has £2.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t8:2
# text = He has £2.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	£	£	SYM	$	_	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Kieran |  |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* Can he buy all three?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t8:3
# text = Can he buy all three?
1	Can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, with 5p change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t8:o1:1
# text = Yes, with 5p change
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	change	change	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it's exactly £2

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t8:o2:1
# text = Yes, it's exactly £2
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	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	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it's £2.05, 5p short

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t8:o3:1
# text = No, it's £2.05, 5p short
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	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	£	£	SYM	$	_	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	2.05	2.05	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
10	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | £ 2.05 and 5 p |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, it's £2.20

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t8:o4:1
# text = No, it's £2.20
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	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	£	£	SYM	$	_	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	2.20	2.20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | £ 2.20 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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