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# Test 2 · Coins and notes: pounds and pence, dollars and cents

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Mate in New York goes, "gimme a dime and two nickels for this gum, it's 20 cents." Is that enough?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Mate, that · **What happens:** go, gimme, be · **To what, where:** dime, 20 cents

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This is test 2 of lesson 2 «Coins and notes: pounds and pence, dollars and cents» 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/2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mate in New York goes, "gimme a dime and two nickels for this gum, it's 20 cents."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t2:1
# text = Mate in New York goes, "gimme a dime and two nickels for this gum, it's 20 cents."
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	New	New	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	flat	_	_
4	York	York	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	gimme	gimme	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	dime	dime	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	_
13	nickels	nickel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	conj	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	this	this	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	16	det	_	_
16	gum	gum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
20	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	21	nummod	_	_
21	cents	cent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Mate in New York |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **gimme** *in a quote* | infinitive | Mate in New York *not said here* | a dime and two nickels |  |  |  | for this gum | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Mate | 20 cents |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* Is that enough?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t2:2
# text = Is that enough?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
3	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | enough *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, 10 + 5 + 5 = 20 cents

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes, 10 + 5 + 5 = 20 cents
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
4	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	5	cc	_	_
5	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	_
6	+	+	SYM	SYM	_	7	cc	_	_
7	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	conj	_	_
8	=	=	SYM	SYM	_	9	case	_	_
9	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
10	cents	cent	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 -->
Yes, and there's 5 cents change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t2:o2:1
# text = Yes, and there's 5 cents change
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
4	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	cents	cent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | 5 cents |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **change** | present | 5 cents |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, that's only 15 cents altogether

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t2:o3:1
# text = No, that's only 15 cents altogether
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	cents	cent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	altogether	altogether	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that | 15 cents |  |  |  | altogether *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, that's only 12 cents in all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t2:o4:1
# text = No, that's only 12 cents in all
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	12	12	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	cents	cent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | that | 12 cents |  | all |  |  | tree rules |

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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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