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description: It is given that one thousand units of game currency are priced at seven pounds ninety-nine pence. Compute the expenditure incurred in the purchase of two such packs. Exam question 2 of lesson 16 «In-game currency: coins and gems are real money» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the
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# Exam question 2 · In-game currency: coins and gems are real money

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It is given that one thousand units of game currency are priced at seven pounds ninety-nine pence. Compute the expenditure incurred in the purchase of two such packs.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, price, compute, incur, purchase · **To what, where:** It, thousand units, seven pounds, expenditure, purchase, two such packs

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 16 «In-game currency: coins and gems are real money» 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/16-in-game-currency-coins-and-gems-are-real-money/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that one thousand units of game currency are priced at seven pounds ninety-nine pence.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:16-in-game-currency-coins-and-gems-are-real-money:e2:1
# text = It is given that one thousand units of game currency are priced at seven pounds ninety-nine pence.
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	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	det	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	_
6	thousand	thousand	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	units	unit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	currency	currency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux:pass	_	_
12	priced	price	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	parataxis	_	_
13	at	at	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obl	_	_
16	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
19	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	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 |  | thousand units of game currency |  | seven pounds  nine pence |  |  | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at pound=Value |

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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:* Compute the expenditure incurred in the purchase of two such packs.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:16-in-game-currency-coins-and-gems-are-real-money:e2:2
# text = Compute the expenditure incurred in the purchase of two such packs.
1	Compute	compute	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	expenditure	expenditure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	incurred	incur	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	purchase	purchase	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
10	such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	packs	pack	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **compute** | imperative | you *not said here* | the expenditure |  |  |  |  | vn create-26.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent expenditure=Result |
| 2 | **incur** | participle |  | the expenditure *not said here* |  | the purchase of two such packs |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **purchase** |  |  | two such packs |  |  |  |  | nom purchase «act transitive»: of=patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Fifteen pounds ninety-nine pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:16-in-game-currency-coins-and-gems-are-real-money:e2:o1:1
# text = Fifteen pounds ninety-nine pence
1	Fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Seven pounds ninety-nine pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:16-in-game-currency-coins-and-gems-are-real-money:e2:o2:1
# text = Seven pounds ninety-nine pence
1	Seven	seven	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	nine	nine	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	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 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Fifteen pounds ninety-eight pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:16-in-game-currency-coins-and-gems-are-real-money:e2:o3:1
# text = Fifteen pounds ninety-eight pence
1	Fifteen	fifteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	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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Sixteen pounds ninety-eight pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:16-in-game-currency-coins-and-gems-are-real-money:e2:o4:1
# text = Sixteen pounds ninety-eight pence
1	Sixteen	sixteen	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
3	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
```

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

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