--- title: It is given that four containers of two hundred and fifty millilitre… — Unit prices and sales that are not rea… · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that four containers of two hundred and fifty millilitres are priced at fifty pence each, and a single container of one litre at one pound sixty pence. Ascertain the saving per litre afforded by the larger container. Exam question 3 of lesson 13 «Unit prices and sales that are not really --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/) / [Unit prices and sales that are not rea…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Unit prices and sales that are not really sales It is given that four containers of two hundred and fifty millilitres are priced at fifty pence each, and a single container of one litre at one pound sixty pence. Ascertain the saving per litre afforded by the larger container. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, price, ascertain, afford · **To what, where:** It, one pound, four containers, fifty, saving This is exam question 3 of lesson 13 «Unit prices and sales that are not really sales» 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/13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that four containers of two hundred and fifty millilitres are priced at fifty pence each, and a single container of one litre at one pound sixty pence. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:e3:1 # text = It is given that four containers of two hundred and fifty millilitres are priced at fifty pence each, and a single container of one litre at one pound sixty pence. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 5 four four NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 containers container NOUN NNS Number=Plur 14 nsubj:pass _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 8 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 compound _ _ 9 hundred hundred NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 9 conj _ _ 12 millilitres millilitre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ 13 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 aux:pass _ _ 14 priced price VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 advcl _ _ 15 at at ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 16 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 14 obl _ _ 17 pence pence ADP IN _ 18 case _ _ 18 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 14 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 19 , , PUNCT , _ 23 punct _ _ 20 and and CCONJ CC _ 23 cc _ _ 21 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 23 det _ _ 22 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 23 amod _ _ 23 container container NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 parataxis _ _ 24 of of ADP IN _ 26 case _ _ 25 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 26 nummod _ _ 26 litre litre NOUN NN Number=Sing 23 nmod _ _ 27 at at ADP IN _ 29 case _ _ 28 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 29 nummod _ _ 29 pound pound NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 30 sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 pence pence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | one pound | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: subject=Recipient pence=Theme at pound=Asset | | 2 | **price** | present · passive | | four containers of hundred millilitres | | fifty | | pence each | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at fifty=Value | 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. *Sentence 2:* Ascertain the saving per litre afforded by the larger container. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:e3:2 # text = Ascertain the saving per litre afforded by the larger container. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 saving saving NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 per per ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 litre litre NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 6 afforded afford VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 7 by by ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 larger large ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 amod _ _ 10 container container NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the saving | | | | per litre | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent saving=Topic | | 2 | **afford** | participle | | the saving *not said here* | | | | by the larger container | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Sixty pence ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:e3:o1:1 # text = Sixty pence 1 Sixty sixty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pence pence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Forty pence ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:e3:o2:1 # text = Forty pence 1 Forty forty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pence pence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Fifty pence ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:e3:o3:1 # text = Fifty pence 1 Fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pence pence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Twenty pence ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:e3:o4:1 # text = Twenty pence 1 Twenty twenty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pence pence NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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