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title: Identify the principal condition upon which a multiple-purchase offe… — Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal condition upon which a multiple-purchase offer occasions a genuine saving. Exam question 4 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 of each option; Mo
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# Exam question 4 · Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free, bundles

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Identify the principal condition upon which a multiple-purchase offer occasions a genuine saving.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, purchase offer · **What happens:** identify, occasion · **To what, where:** principal condition, genuine saving

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:e4:1
# text = Identify the principal condition upon which a multiple-purchase offer occasions a genuine saving.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	condition	condition	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
8	multiple	multiple	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	occasions	occasion	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	genuine	genuine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	saving	saving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal condition |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent condition=Theme |
| 2 | **occasion** | present | a purchase offer | a genuine saving |  |  |  | upon the principal condition | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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That the offer is displayed in large lettering

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:e4:o1:1
# text = That the offer is displayed in large lettering
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	offer	offer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	displayed	display	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	large	large	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	lettering	lettering	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **display** | present · passive |  | that offer |  | large lettering |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That every article so purchased is required and used

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:e4:o2:1
# text = That every article so purchased is required and used
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	purchased	purchase	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **purchase** | participle |  | that article *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset |
| 2 | **require** | present · passive |  | that article |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition |
| 3 | **use** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That the articles are perishable and expire promptly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:e4:o3:1
# text = That the articles are perishable and expire promptly
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	articles	article	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	perishable	perishable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	expire	expire	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
8	promptly	promptly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | That |  |  |  |  | perishable *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **expire** | infinitive | That *not said here* |  |  |  |  | promptly *property* | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That the purchaser possesses a loyalty card

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:e4:o4:1
# text = That the purchaser possesses a loyalty card
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	det	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	purchaser	purchaser	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	possesses	possess	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **possess** | present | that purchaser | a loyalty card |  |  |  |  | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot card=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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