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# Exam question 3 · Coins and notes: pounds and pence, dollars and cents

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It is given that a quantity of three twenty-pence coins, two ten-pence coins and one five-pence coin is held. Determine the aggregate value thereof.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** give, hold, determine · **To what, where:** It, quantity, aggregate value

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 2 «Coins and notes: pounds and pence, dollars and cents» 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/2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a quantity of three twenty-pence coins, two ten-pence coins and one five-pence coin is held.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:e3:1
# text = It is given that a quantity of three twenty-pence coins, two ten-pence coins and one five-pence coin is held.
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	_	26	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	quantity	quantity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	12	nummod	_	_
9	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	pence	pence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	18	nummod	_	_
15	ten	ten	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	pence	pence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	24	cc	_	_
20	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	_
21	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	23	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	pence	pence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
25	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	26	aux:pass	_	_
26	held	hold	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	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 | **hold** | present · passive |  | a quantity of three pence coins and two pence coins and one pence coin |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

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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:* Determine the aggregate value thereof.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:e3:2
# text = Determine the aggregate value thereof.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	aggregate	aggregate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	value	value	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	thereof	thereof	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the aggregate value |  |  |  | thereof *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent value=Topic |

## The options {#options}

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

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Eighty-five pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:e3:o1:1
# text = Eighty-five pence
1	Eighty	eighty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ninety-five pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:e3:o2:1
# text = Ninety-five pence
1	Ninety	ninety	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	pence	pence	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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Seventy-five pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:e3:o3:1
# text = Seventy-five pence
1	Seventy	seventy	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	five	five	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	1	conj	_	_
4	pence	pence	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Eighty pence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:e3:o4:1
# text = Eighty pence
1	Eighty	eighty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	pence	pence	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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**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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