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description: A toy is "half price!" and was £24. Your mate says "so it's £14." Is he right? Test 8 · ★ 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; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free, bundles

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A toy is "half price!" and was £24. Your mate says "so it's £14." Is he right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** toy, mate, he · **What happens:** be, say · **To what, where:** half price, £ 14 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A toy is "half price!" and was £24.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t8:1
# text = A toy is "half price!" and was £24.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	toy	toy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	half	half	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	6	amod	_	_
6	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
11	£	£	SYM	$	_	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | a toy | half price |  |  |  |  | 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:* Your mate says "so it's £14."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t8:2
# text = Your mate says "so it's £14."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	£	£	SYM	$	_	9	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	14	14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | mate | £ 14 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* Is he right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t8:3
# text = Is he right?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	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 | he |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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No, it's £20

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t8:o1:1
# text = No, it's £20
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, half price means £10 off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t8:o2:1
# text = Yes, half price means £10 off
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	4	compound	_	_
4	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
8	off	off	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean off** | present | half price |  |  |  |  | off *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, half of £24 is £14

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t8:o3:1
# text = Yes, half of £24 is £14
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	8	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	£	£	SYM	$	_	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	24	24	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	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	14	14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, half of £24 is £12

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t8:o4:1
# text = No, half of £24 is £12
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	half	half	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	8	nsubj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	£	£	SYM	$	_	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	24	24	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	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
```

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

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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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