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description: Self-checkout yells "unexpected item in bagging area!" and Bella cracks up. What's the machine doing? Test 2 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 option; Mova's cho
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# Test 2 · Receipts, refunds, queues and self-checkout

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Self-checkout yells "unexpected item in bagging area!" and Bella cracks up. What's the machine doing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Self checkout, Bella, machine · **What happens:** yell, bag, crack up, do · **To what, where:** unexpected item, bagging area · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Self-checkout yells "unexpected item in bagging area!" and Bella cracks up.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:t2:1
# text = Self-checkout yells "unexpected item in bagging area!" and Bella cracks up.
1	Self	self	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	checkout	checkout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	yells	yell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	unexpected	unexpected	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	bagging	bag	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
14	Bella	Bella	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	cracks	crack	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
16	up	up	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **yell** *speech: express* | present | Self checkout | unexpected item |  | bagging area |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent item=Topic |
| 2 | **bag** *in a quote* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **crack up** | present | Bella |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |

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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:* What's the machine doing?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:t2:2
# text = What's the machine doing?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	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 | **do** | present · progressive | the machine |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Calling the police straight away for every shopper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:t2:o1:1
# text = Calling the police straight away for every shopper
1	Calling	call	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	police	police	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	shopper	shopper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **call** | gerund |  | the police |  |  |  | for every shopper; away *property* | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent police=Theme for shopper=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Taking a photo of you for a prize draw at the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:t2:o2:1
# text = Taking a photo of you for a prize draw at the end
1	Taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	photo	photo	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nmod	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	prize	prize	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	draw	draw	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | gerund |  | a photo of you |  |  | at the end | for a prize draw | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent photo=Theme for draw=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Giving a free item to anyone who scans quickly enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:t2:o3:1
# text = Giving a free item to anyone who scans quickly enough
1	Giving	give	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	item	item	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obl	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	scans	scan	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund |  | a free item | anyone |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent item=Theme to anyone=Recipient |
| 2 | **scan** | present |  |  |  |  |  | enough, quickly *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Checking the weight of what's put in the bag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:14-receipts-refunds-queues-and-self-checkout:t2:o4:1
# text = Checking the weight of what's put in the bag
1	Checking	check	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	weight	weight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	7	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | gerund |  | the weight |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent weight=Theme |
| 2 | **put** | present · passive |  | the weight |  | the bag |  |  | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in bag=Destination |

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