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title: Your Aussie mate says "chuck us a gold coin for the sausage sizzle"… — Coins and notes: pounds and pence, dol… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your Aussie mate says "chuck us a gold coin for the sausage sizzle" ("sausage sizzle" is a charity barbecue). Sausage is $2. What do you give? Test 4 of lesson 2 «Coins and notes: pounds and pence, dollars and cents» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmati
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# Test 4 · Coins and notes: pounds and pence, dollars and cents

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Your Aussie mate says "chuck us a gold coin for the sausage sizzle" ("sausage sizzle" is a charity barbecue). Sausage is $2. What do you give?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Aussie mate, sausage sizzle, you · **What happens:** say, chuck, be, give · **To what, where:** gold coin, us, charity barbecue · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your Aussie mate says "chuck us a gold coin for the sausage sizzle" ("sausage sizzle" is a charity barbecue).

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t4:1
# text = Your Aussie mate says "chuck us a gold coin for the sausage sizzle" ("sausage sizzle" is a charity barbecue).
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
2	Aussie	aussie	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	chuck	chuck	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
7	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	sausage	sausage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	sizzle	sizzle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
16	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	sausage	sausage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	sizzle	sizzle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
23	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	24	compound	_	_
24	barbecue	barbecue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	24	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your Aussie mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **chuck** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | a gold coin | us |  |  | for the sausage sizzle | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent we=Destination coin=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | sausage sizzle | a charity barbecue |  |  |  |  | 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:* Sausage is $2.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t4:2
# text = Sausage is $2.
1	Sausage	sausage	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	$	$	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* What do you give?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t4:3
# text = What do you give?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	give	give	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A $20 note, the gold one

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t4:o1:1
# text = A $20 note, the gold one
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	$	$	SYM	$	_	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
4	note	note	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	appos	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Two 20-cent coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t4:o2:1
# text = Two 20-cent coins
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	20-cent	20-cent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Combi|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A $2 coin, or two $1 coins

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t4:o3:1
# text = A $2 coin, or two $1 coins
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	$	$	SYM	$	_	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
4	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
8	$	$	SYM	$	_	10	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
10	coins	coin	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A real gold coin from a museum

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t4:o4:1
# text = A real gold coin from a museum
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	gold	gold	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	coin	coin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	museum	museum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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