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# Test 2 · ★ · Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free, bundles

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Lucy: "wait, 2 for £5, but they're £2.40 each — that's MORE expensive!" Is she right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lucy, that · **What happens:** wait, be · **To what, where:** 2

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 12 «Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free, bundles» 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/12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lucy: "wait, 2 for £5, but they're £2.40 each — that's MORE expensive!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t2:1
# text = Lucy: "wait, 2 for £5, but they're £2.40 each — that's MORE expensive!"
1	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	obl	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	£	£	SYM	$	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	£	£	SYM	$	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	2.40	2.40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
16	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	14	nmod:unmarked	_	_
17	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	21	punct	_	_
18	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	MORE	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	21	advmod	_	_
21	expensive	expensive	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** *in a quote* | infinitive | Lucy | 2 |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | expensive *property* | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* Is she right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t2:2
# text = Is she right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Lucy |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, the deal costs £1 more

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes, the deal costs £1 more
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	costs	cost	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
8	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | the deal | more |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme £=Beneficiary more=Value |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, 2 × £2.40 is £4.80, 20p less than the deal

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, 2 × £2.40 is £4.80, 20p less than the deal
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	×	×	SYM	SYM	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	£	£	SYM	$	_	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	2.40	2.40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
8	£	£	SYM	$	_	4	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	4.80	4.80	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	8	acl:relcl	_	_
14	than	than	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, the deal saves 20p

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t2:o3:1
# text = No, the deal saves 20p
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	saves	save	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | present | the deal | 20 p |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent p=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, they cost exactly the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t2:o4:1
# text = No, they cost exactly the same
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | they | the same |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme same=Value |

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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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