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title: A Geordie mate says "that's a canny deal, man, six pens for three qu… — Unit prices and sales that are not rea… · tree and pragmatics
description: A Geordie mate says "that's a canny deal, man, six pens for three quid!" ("Canny" means good.) Singles are 40p. Is it canny? Test 6 · ★★ 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 questio
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# Test 6 · ★★ · Unit prices and sales that are not really sales

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A Geordie mate says "that's a canny deal, man, six pens for three quid!" ("Canny" means good.) Singles are 40p. Is it canny?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Geordie mate, that, Canny, Singles, p · **What happens:** say, be, mean · **To what, where:** canny deal, 40 p · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Geordie mate says "that's a canny deal, man, six pens for three quid!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:t6:1
# text = A Geordie mate says "that's a canny deal, man, six pens for three quid!"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Geordie	Geordie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	canny	canny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	deal	deal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	pens	pen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	parataxis	_	_
16	for	for	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	quid	quid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | a Geordie mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | a canny deal |  |  |  | man *vocative* | 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:* ("Canny" means good.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:t6:2
# text = ("Canny" means good.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Canny	Canny	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Singles are 40p.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:t6:3
# text = Singles are 40p.
1	Singles	single	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Singles | 40 p |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 4:* Is it canny?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:t6:4
# text = Is it canny?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	canny	canny	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 | p |  |  |  |  | canny *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, the pack is 50p a pen, singles are 40p

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:t6:o1:1
# text = No, the pack is 50p a pen, singles are 40p
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	singles	single	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the pack | 50 p and a pen and 40 p |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **is a** | present | singles | 40 p |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, because packs of pens are always cheaper than singles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:t6:o2:1
# text = Yes, because packs of pens are always cheaper than singles
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
4	packs	pack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pens	pen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
10	than	than	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	singles	single	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | packs of pens |  |  |  |  | than singles; always, cheap *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, the pack is £1 a pen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:t6:o3:1
# text = No, the pack is £1 a pen
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	pack	pack	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, it's 30p a pen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:13-unit-prices-and-sales-that-are-not-really-sales:t6:o4:1
# text = Yes, it's 30p a pen
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	pen	pen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | 30 p and a pen |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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