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title: Coffee-shop stamp card: Mum says "they want you to keep coming back,… — Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Coffee-shop stamp card: Mum says "they want you to keep coming back, that's the trick." What does the shop get? Test 9 · ★ 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 o
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# Test 9 · ★ · Offers: 3 for 2, buy one get one free, bundles

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Coffee-shop stamp card: Mum says "they want you to keep coming back, that's the trick." What does the shop get?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** stamp card, they, you, that, shop · **What happens:** say, want, keep, come back, be, get · **To what, where:** you, trick · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Coffee-shop stamp card: Mum says "they want you to keep coming back, that's the trick."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t9:1
# text = Coffee-shop stamp card: Mum says "they want you to keep coming back, that's the trick."
1	Coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	stamp	stamp	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	ccomp	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
15	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	xcomp	_	_
16	back	back	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
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	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	trick	trick	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | stamp card |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **want** *in a quote* | present | they | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **keep** *not said to happen, in a quote* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **come back** *in a quote* | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 5 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | the trick |  |  |  |  | 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:* What does the shop get?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t9:2
# text = What does the shop get?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · do-support | the shop |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nothing, the free drink costs them a fortune

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t9:o1:1
# text = Nothing, the free drink costs them a fortune
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	drink	drink	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	costs	cost	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	iobj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	fortune	fortune	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | Nothing | a fortune | them *= they* |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme they=Beneficiary fortune=Value |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Mum's bank details

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t9:o2:1
# text = Mum's bank details
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	details	detail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A free coffee for the shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t9:o3:1
# text = A free coffee for the shop
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

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Customers who return again and again

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:12-offers-3-for-2-buy-one-get-one-free-bundles:t9:o4:1
# text = Customers who return again and again
1	Customers	customer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	return	return	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	again	again	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	again	again	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **return** | present | Customers |  |  |  | again |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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