--- title: It is given that an article formerly priced at sixteen pounds is red… — Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free,… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that an article formerly priced at sixteen pounds is reduced to half price. Determine the reduced price. Exam question 3 of lesson 12 «Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free, bundles» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and --- [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/e3/) [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/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free, bundles It is given that an article formerly priced at sixteen pounds is reduced to half price. Determine the reduced price. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, price, reduce, half, determine · **To what, where:** It, article, sixteen pounds, price, reduced price This is exam question 3 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/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that an article formerly priced at sixteen pounds is reduced to half price. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:e3:1 # text = It is given that an article formerly priced at sixteen pounds is reduced to half price. 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 _ 13 mark _ _ 5 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 article article NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 formerly formerly ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 priced price VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 9 at at ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 sixteen sixteen NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obl _ _ 12 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 13 aux:pass _ _ 13 reduced reduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 14 to to PART TO _ 15 mark _ _ 15 half half VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 13 xcomp _ _ 16 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . 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** | participle | | a article *not said here* | | sixteen pounds | | formerly *property* | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent at pound=Value | | 3 | **reduce** | present · passive | | a article | | | | | vn limit-76 «NP V NP S\_INF»: subject=Patient clause=Goal | | 4 | **half** | to-infinitive | | price | | | | | tree rules | 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:* Determine the reduced price. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:e3:2 # text = Determine the reduced price. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 reduced reduce VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reduced price | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent price=Topic | | 2 | **reduce** | participle | | | | | | | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Four pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:e3:o1:1 # text = Four pounds 1 Four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Eight pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:e3:o2:1 # text = Eight pounds 1 Eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Six pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:e3:o3:1 # text = Six pounds 1 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Twelve pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:e3:o4:1 # text = Twelve pounds 1 Twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pounds pound 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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