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title: Rob's dad checks a price-tracking site on Black Friday. Why? — Unit prices and sales that are not rea… · tree and pragmatics
description: Rob's dad checks a price-tracking site on Black Friday. Why? Test 5 · ★★ 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 of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Unit prices and sales that are not really sales

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Rob's dad checks a price-tracking site on Black Friday. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad · **What happens:** check, track · **To what, where:** tracking site

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 13 «Unit prices and sales that are not really sales» 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/13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Rob's dad checks a price-tracking site on Black Friday.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:t5:1
# text = Rob's dad checks a price-tracking site on Black Friday.
1	Rob	Rob	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	checks	check	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	tracking	track	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	amod	_	_
9	site	site	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
10	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	Black	Black	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	flat	_	_
12	Friday	Friday	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | present | Rob's dad | a tracking site |  |  |  | on Black Friday | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent site=Theme |
| 2 | **track** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:t5:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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To find a shop nearby that's still open late tonight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:t5:o1:1
# text = To find a shop nearby that's still open late tonight
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	find	find	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	still	still	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
10	late	late	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
11	tonight	tonight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | to-infinitive |  | a shop |  |  |  | nearby *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shop=Topic |
| 2 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  | still; tonight | late, open *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To see if the "was £600" price was ever real

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:t5:o2:1
# text = To see if the "was £600" price was ever real
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	£	£	SYM	$	_	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	600	600	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
10	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
11	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
12	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	13	advmod	_	_
13	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the £ price |  |  |  | ever | real *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To order a second telly for the bedroom at half price

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:t5:o3:1
# text = To order a second telly for the bedroom at half price
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	order	order	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	5	amod	_	_
5	telly	telly	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	half	half	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac	11	amod	_	_
11	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **order** | to-infinitive |  | a second telly |  | half price |  | for the bedroom | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent telly=Theme for bedroom=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To read reviews of the new film at the cinema

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:t5:o4:1
# text = To read reviews of the new film at the cinema
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	read	read	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	reviews	review	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	film	film	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	cinema	cinema	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | to-infinitive |  | reviews of the new film |  | the cinema |  |  | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP PP.value»: agent=Agent review=Theme at cinema=Value |
| 2 | **review** |  |  | the new film |  |  |  |  | nom review «cognition transitive»: of=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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