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title: It is given that milk is priced at one pound twenty pence per carton… — Receipts, refunds, queues and self-che… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that milk is priced at one pound twenty pence per carton and that three cartons are charged whereas two are received. Ascertain the sum overcharged. Exam question 2 of lesson 14 «Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Exam question 2 · Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout

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It is given that milk is priced at one pound twenty pence per carton and that three cartons are charged whereas two are received. Ascertain the sum overcharged.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** that, you · **What happens:** give, price, carton, charge, receive, ascertain · **To what, where:** It, one pound, twenty pence, two, sum

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 14 «Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout» 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/14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that milk is priced at one pound twenty pence per carton and that three cartons are charged whereas two are received.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:e2:1
# text = It is given that milk is priced at one pound twenty pence per carton and that three cartons are charged whereas two are received.
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	5	case	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	milk	milk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	priced	price	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
12	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	20	nsubj:pass	_	_
13	per	per	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	carton	carton	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
16	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	nsubj	_	_
17	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
18	cartons	carton	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	conj	_	_
19	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	aux:pass	_	_
20	charged	charge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	parataxis	_	_
21	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
22	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
23	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	received	receive	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	20	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **price** | present · passive |  |  |  | one pound |  | give that milk | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: at pound=Value |
| 3 | **carton** |  | that |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **charge** | present · passive |  | twenty pence per carton and three cartons |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 5 | **receive** | present · passive |  | two |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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:* Ascertain the sum overcharged.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:e2:2
# text = Ascertain the sum overcharged.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	overcharged	overcharge	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the sum |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Topic |
| 2 | **overcharge** | participle |  | the sum *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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One pound twenty pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:e2:o1:1
# text = One pound twenty pence
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pound	pound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	appos	_	_
4	pence	pence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Three pounds sixty pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:e2:o2:1
# text = Three pounds sixty pence
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Two pounds forty pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:e2:o3:1
# text = Two pounds forty pence
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Sixty pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:e2:o4:1
# text = Sixty pence
1	Sixty	sixty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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