--- title: It is given that a cereal is priced at two pounds forty pence per bo… — Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free,… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that a cereal is priced at two pounds forty pence per box and is offered at two boxes for five pounds. Ascertain the excess payable under the offer. Exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free, bundles» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the depend --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles/e2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/) / [Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free,…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free, bundles It is given that a cereal is priced at two pounds forty pence per box and is offered at two boxes for five pounds. Ascertain the excess payable under the offer. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, price, offer, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, cereal, two pounds, two boxes, excess This is exam question 2 of lesson 12 «Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free, bundles» of the money course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles/#e2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that a cereal is priced at two pounds forty pence per box and is offered at two boxes for five pounds. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:e2:1 # text = It is given that a cereal is priced at two pounds forty pence per box and is offered at two boxes for five pounds. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cereal cereal NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux:pass _ _ 8 priced price VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 13 nummod _ _ 13 pence pence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 14 per per ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 box box NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 18 aux:pass _ _ 18 offered offer VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 21 nummod _ _ 21 boxes box NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ _ 22 for for ADP IN _ 24 case _ _ 23 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nummod _ _ 24 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 18 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 25 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **price** | present · passive | | a cereal | | two pounds and forty pence per box | | | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at pound=Value | | 3 | **offer** | present · passive | | | | two boxes | | for five pounds *goal* | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: for pound=Goal | 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. *Sentence 2:* Ascertain the excess payable under the offer. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:e2:2 # text = Ascertain the excess payable under the offer. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 excess excess NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 payable payable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 5 under under ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 offer offer NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the excess | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent excess=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Sixty pence ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:e2:o1:1 # text = Sixty pence 1 Sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pence pence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Forty pence ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:e2:o2:1 # text = Forty pence 1 Forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pence pence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} One pound ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:e2:o3:1 # text = One pound 1 One one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pound pound NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Twenty pence ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:e2:o4:1 # text = Twenty pence 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pence pence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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