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description: It is given that subscriptions of ten, eight, six and five pounds are payable monthly and that only the first is used. Ascertain the sum wasted per annum. Exam question 3 of lesson 18 «Mum's card, in-app buys and subscriptions that renew» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Exam question 3 · Mum's card, in-app buys and subscriptions that renew

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It is given that subscriptions of ten, eight, six and five pounds are payable monthly and that only the first is used. Ascertain the sum wasted per annum.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** subscriptions, you, sum · **What happens:** give, be, use, subscribe, ascertain, waste · **To what, where:** It, first, ten six pounds

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 18 «Mum's card, in-app buys and subscriptions that renew» 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/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that subscriptions of ten, eight, six and five pounds are payable monthly and that only the first is used.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew:e3:1
# text = It is given that subscriptions of ten, eight, six and five pounds are payable monthly and that only the first is used.
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	SCONJ	IN	_	17	mark	_	_
5	subscriptions	subscription	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	nsubj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
7	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	14	nummod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	conj	_	_
14	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
15	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	17	cop	_	_
16	payable	payable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
17	monthly	monthly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
18	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
19	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	24	mark	_	_
20	only	only	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	24	nsubj:pass	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	aux:pass	_	_
24	used	use	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	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 | **is** | present | subscriptions of ten six pounds |  |  |  |  | monthly *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **use** | present · passive |  | the first |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
| 4 | **subscribe** |  |  | ten six pounds |  |  |  |  | nom subscription «possession transitive»: of=patient |

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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 wasted per annum.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew:e3:2
# text = Ascertain the sum wasted per annum.
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	4	nsubj	_	_
4	wasted	waste	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
5	per	per	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	annum	annum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	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* |  |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **waste** | past | the sum |  |  |  |  | per annum | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

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

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Two hundred and twenty-eight pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew:e3:o1:1
# text = Two hundred and twenty-eight pounds
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
7	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
One hundred and twenty pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew:e3:o2:1
# text = One hundred and twenty pounds
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
5	pounds	pound	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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Three hundred and forty-eight pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew:e3:o3:1
# text = Three hundred and forty-eight pounds
1	Three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	forty	forty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	eight	eight	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
7	pounds	pound	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
One hundred and ninety pounds

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew:e3:o4:1
# text = One hundred and ninety pounds
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	compound	_	_
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	conj	_	_
5	pounds	pound	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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