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title: What would happen if shops put "3 for 2" on milk that goes off in 2… — Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free,… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if shops put "3 for 2" on milk that goes off in 2 days, and a small family bought it? Test 5 · ★ 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; M
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# Test 5 · ★ · Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free, bundles

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What would happen if shops put "3 for 2" on milk that goes off in 2 days, and a small family bought it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** milk, small family · **What happens:** happen, put, go off, buy · **To what, where:** shops, milk

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t5:1
# text = What would happen if shops put "3 for 2" on milk that goes off in 2 days, and a small family bought it?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	obl	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
15	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
16	off	off	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	days	day	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	25	cc	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	24	amod	_	_
24	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
25	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
26	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **put** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle · passive |  | shops |  | milk |  | 3 for 2 *obl* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on milk=Destination |
| 3 | **go off** | present | milk |  |  |  | day |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **buy** | past | a small family | milk |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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They'd save twice as much money

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t5:o1:1
# text = They'd save twice as much money
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	twice	twice	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	3	advmod	_	_
5	as	as	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | would | They | much money |  |  |  | twice *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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They'd get the third pint for free forever

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t5:o2:1
# text = They'd get the third pint for free forever
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	third	third	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	pint	pint	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obl	_	_
9	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | would | They | the third pint |  |  |  | for free; forever *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent pint=Theme for free=Source |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The milk would last longer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t5:o3:1
# text = The milk would last longer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	last	last	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **last** | would | the milk |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
They'd likely throw some away, so no real saving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t5:o4:1
# text = They'd likely throw some away, so no real saving
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	throw	throw	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	4	obj	_	_
6	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	11	det	_	_
10	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	saving	saving	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **throw away** | would | They | some |  |  |  | no real saving *obl*; away, likely *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=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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