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title: A Kiwi kid says "sweet as, the dairy's got Jaffas for 40c, I'll get… — Prices and change at the till · tree and pragmatics
description: A Kiwi kid says "sweet as, the dairy's got Jaffas for 40c, I'll get 3." ("Sweet as" means great; a "dairy" is a corner shop in NZ.) What do 3 cost? Test 9 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 questio
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# Test 9 · Prices and change at the till

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A Kiwi kid says "sweet as, the dairy's got Jaffas for 40c, I'll get 3." ("Sweet as" means great; a "dairy" is a corner shop in NZ.) What do 3 cost?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Kiwi kid, dairy · **What happens:** say, get, mean, be, do · **To what, where:** Jaffas, 3, corner shop, NZ, 3 cost · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Kiwi kid says "sweet as, the dairy's got Jaffas for 40c, I'll get 3."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t9:1
# text = A Kiwi kid says "sweet as, the dairy's got Jaffas for 40c, I'll get 3."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Kiwi	Kiwi	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	_
7	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dairy	dairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	4	conj	_	_
13	Jaffas	Jaffas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	40c	40c	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
20	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Kiwi kid |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present · passive | the dairy | Jaffas |  |  |  | for 40c | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent jaffas=Theme for 40c=Source |
| 3 | **get** *in a quote* | future | a Kiwi kid *= kid* | 3 |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer 3=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:* ("Sweet as" means great; a "dairy" is a corner shop in NZ.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t9:2
# text = ("Sweet as" means great; a "dairy" is a corner shop in NZ.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	dairy	dairy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	compound	_	_
16	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
18	NZ	NZ	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present |  |  |  |  |  | great *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | a dairy | a corner shop |  | NZ |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What do 3 cost?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t9:3
# text = What do 3 cost?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
3	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | 3 cost |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cost=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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$1.40

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t9:o1:1
# text = $1.40
1	$	$	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	1.40	1.40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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$1.00

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t9:o2:1
# text = $1.00
1	$	$	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	1.00	1.00	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Frac	1	nummod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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$0.12

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t9:o3:1
# text = $0.12
1	$	$	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	0.12	0.12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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

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

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$1.20

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:11-prices-and-change-at-the-till:t9:o4:1
# text = $1.20
1	$	$	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	1.20	1.20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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

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