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description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the inscription "up to seventy per cent off". Exam question 4 of lesson 13 «Unit prices and sales that are not really sales» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 4 · Unit prices and sales that are not really sales

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the inscription "up to seventy per cent off".

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern · **To what, where:** response, inscription

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:e4:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the inscription "up to seventy per cent off".
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	inscription	inscription	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	up	up	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
16	per	per	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	cent	cent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	appos	_	_
18	off	off	ADP	RP	_	17	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the inscription |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus inscription=Experiencer |

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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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Seventy per cent of the purchase price is refunded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:e4:o1:1
# text = Seventy per cent of the purchase price is refunded
1	Seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	per	per	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	cent	cent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	refunded	refund	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **refund** | present · passive |  | Seventy per cent of the purchase price |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Most articles are reduced by more than seventy per cent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:e4:o2:1
# text = Most articles are reduced by more than seventy per cent
1	Most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	articles	article	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp|ExtPos=ADV	8	advmod	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
9	per	per	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	cent	cent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | present · passive | seventy per cent | Most articles |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The maximal reduction applies to some articles only, most being reduced less

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:e4:o3:1
# text = The maximal reduction applies to some articles only, most being reduced less
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	maximal	maximal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	reduction	reduction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	applies	apply	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	articles	article	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	most	most	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
13	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **apply** | present | the maximal reduction |  |  |  |  | to some articles | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **reduce** | gerund · passive |  | most |  |  |  | less *property* | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Every article is reduced by precisely seventy per cent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:e4:o4:1
# text = Every article is reduced by precisely seventy per cent
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	article	article	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	reduced	reduce	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	precisely	precisely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	per	per	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	cent	cent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reduce** | present · passive | seventy per cent | every article |  |  |  |  | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer subject=Patient |

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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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