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title: A Brummie mate goes "bostin', I got a twenty for me birthday!" ("Bos… — Coins and notes: pounds and pence, dol… · tree and pragmatics
description: A Brummie mate goes "bostin', I got a twenty for me birthday!" ("Bostin'" means great.) How many £5 notes is a twenty worth? Test 7 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 pragmatics of the question
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# Test 7 · Coins and notes: pounds and pence, dollars and cents

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A Brummie mate goes "bostin', I got a twenty for me birthday!" ("Bostin'" means great.) How many £5 notes is a twenty worth?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Brummie mate, bostin · **What happens:** go, get, mean, be · **To what, where:** twenty, twenty worth · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Brummie mate goes "bostin', I got a twenty for me birthday!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t7:1
# text = A Brummie mate goes "bostin', I got a twenty for me birthday!"
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Brummie	Brummie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	bostin	bostin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	',	',	PUNCT	''	_	6	punct	_	_
8	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	obj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	obl	_	_
14	birthday	birthday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | a Brummie mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | past | bostin | a twenty |  |  |  | for me | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent twenty=Beneficiary birthday=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:* ("Bostin'" means great.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t7:2
# text = ("Bostin'" means great.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Bostin	Bostin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Bostin |  |  |  |  | great *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* How many £5 notes is a twenty worth?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t7:3
# text = How many £5 notes is a twenty worth?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	many	many	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	£	£	SYM	$	_	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	notes	note	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nmod	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	twenty	twenty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	worth	worth	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | a twenty worth |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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2

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t7:o1:1
# text = 2
1	2	2	NUM	LS	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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4

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t7:o2:1
# text = 4
1	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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20

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t7:o3:1
# text = 20
1	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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5

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:2-coins-and-notes-pounds-and-pence-dollars-and-cents:t7:o4:1
# text = 5
1	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	_
```

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

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