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title: Josh's dad grumbles "bloody hell, only one till open." 12 people in… — Receipts, refunds, queues and self-che… · tree and pragmatics
description: Josh's dad grumbles "bloody hell, only one till open." 12 people in front, 2 minutes each. How long will they wait? Test 1 of lesson 14 «Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Test 1 · Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout

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Josh's dad grumbles "bloody hell, only one till open." 12 people in front, 2 minutes each. How long will they wait?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, people · **What happens:** grumble, wait · **To what, where:** bloody hell

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This is test 1 of lesson 14 «Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout» 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/14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Josh's dad grumbles "bloody hell, only one till open."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:t1:1
# text = Josh's dad grumbles "bloody hell, only one till open."
1	Josh	Josh	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	grumbles	grumble	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	bloody	bloody	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	hell	hell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	appos	_	_
11	till	till	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	open	open	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grumble** *speech: other* | present | Josh's dad | bloody hell |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hell=Topic |

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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:* 12 people in front, 2 minutes each.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:t1:2
# text = 12 people in front, 2 minutes each.
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* How long will they wait?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:t1:3
# text = How long will they wait?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | future | people |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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14 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:t1:o1:1
# text = 14 minutes
1	14	14	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

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24 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:t1:o2:1
# text = 24 minutes
1	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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12 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:t1:o3:1
# text = 12 minutes
1	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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20 minutes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:t1:o4:1
# text = 20 minutes
1	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	minutes	minute	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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**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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