--- title: It is given that six mystery boxes are purchased at two pounds each.… — Loot boxes and "free" skins · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that six mystery boxes are purchased at two pounds each. Compute the total expenditure. Exam question 3 of lesson 17 «Loot boxes and "free" skins» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was w --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/) / [Loot boxes and "free" skins](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Loot boxes and "free" skins It is given that six mystery boxes are purchased at two pounds each. Compute the total expenditure. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** give, purchase · **To what, where:** It, that, two pounds This is exam question 3 of lesson 17 «Loot boxes and "free" skins» 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/17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins/#e3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that six mystery boxes are purchased at two pounds each. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:e3:1 # text = It is given that six mystery boxes are purchased at two pounds each. 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 PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 9 nsubj _ _ 5 six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 mystery mystery NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 boxes box NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj:pass _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 aux:pass _ _ 9 purchased purchase VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 ccomp _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 13 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 12 nmod:unmarked _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **purchase** | present · passive | | that | | two pounds each | | | vn obtain-13.5.2-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Compute the total expenditure. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:e3:2 # text = Compute the total expenditure. 1 Compute compute NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 total total ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 expenditure expenditure NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 appos _ SpaceAfter=No 5 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Eight pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:e3:o1:1 # text = Eight pounds 1 Eight eight NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Twelve pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:e3:o2:1 # text = Twelve pounds 1 Twelve twelve NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} Six pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:e3:o3:1 # text = Six pounds 1 Six six NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Ten pounds ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins:e3:o4:1 # text = Ten pounds 1 Ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 pounds pound NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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