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description: Ruby asks first and Mum says "thanks for asking, yes." Why does asking matter? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 18 «Mum's card, in-app buys and subscriptions that renew» 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 wr
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# Test 6 · ★ · Mum's card, in-app buys and subscriptions that renew

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Ruby asks first and Mum says "thanks for asking, yes." Why does asking matter?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Ruby, Mum, thanks · **What happens:** ask, say, matter · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 18 «Mum's card, in-app buys and subscriptions that renew» 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/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Ruby asks first and Mum says "thanks for asking, yes."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew:t6:1
# text = Ruby asks first and Mum says "thanks for asking, yes."
1	Ruby	Ruby	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
9	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	8	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Ruby |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | gerund | thanks *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Why does asking matter?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew:t6:2
# text = Why does asking matter?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	3	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	asking	ask	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **matter** *not said to happen* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Asking makes the add-on cheaper

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew:t6:o1:1
# text = Asking makes the add-on cheaper
1	Asking	ask	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	nsubj	_	_
2	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	obj	_	_
4	add	add	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
7	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | the |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **add on** *speech: assert* | infinitive | the *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The game requires a parent's signature

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew:t6:o2:1
# text = The game requires a parent's signature
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	requires	require	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	signature	signature	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present | the game | a parent's signature |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme signature=Precondition |
| 2 | **sign** |  | a parent |  |  |  |  |  | nom signature «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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It keeps trust and nobody gets a shock

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew:t6:o3:1
# text = It keeps trust and nobody gets a shock
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	trust	trust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	6	nsubj	_	_
6	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shock	shock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | It | trust |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trust=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | present | nobody | a shock |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shock=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Mum would never notice anyway

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew:t6:o4:1
# text = Mum would never notice anyway
1	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	notice	notice	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	anyway	anyway	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **notice** | would | Mum |  |  |  |  | anyway *property* | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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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