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title: Sophie's mum says the £950 of bills come before the cinema. Why? — Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Sophie's mum says the £950 of bills come before the cinema. Why? Test 11 of lesson 21 «Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax» 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 wrong.
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# Test 11 · Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax

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Sophie's mum says the £950 of bills come before the cinema. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** say, come · **To what, where:** cinema · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 of lesson 21 «Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax» 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/21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax/#t11).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Sophie's mum says the £950 of bills come before the cinema.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t11:1
# text = Sophie's mum says the £950 of bills come before the cinema.
1	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	950	950	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	bills	bill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
10	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	ccomp	_	_
11	before	before	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	cinema	cinema	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	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 | Sophie's mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **come** | present |  |  |  | the cinema |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before cinema=Location |

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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?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t11:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Bills are smaller than fun, so they hardly matter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t11:o1:1
# text = Bills are smaller than fun, so they hardly matter
1	Bills	bill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	smaller	small	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	fun	fun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	hardly	hardly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	matter	matter	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Bills |  |  |  |  | than fun; small *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **matter** | present | Bills *= bill* |  |  |  |  | hardly *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The bank stops people watching films in winter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t11:o2:1
# text = The bank stops people watching films in winter
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
6	films	film	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | the bank | people |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality people=Eventuality |
| 2 | **watch** | gerund | people *not said here* | films |  |  | winter |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme |

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

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Bills like rent and energy keep the home going, so they come first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t11:o3:1
# text = Bills like rent and energy keep the home going, so they come first
1	Bills	bill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	rent	rent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
6	keep	keep	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | Bills like rent and energy | the home |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **go** | gerund | the home *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **come** | present | Bills *= bill* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cinemas won't take money until your bills are paid

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t11:o4:1
# text = Cinemas won't take money until your bills are paid
1	Cinemas	cinema	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	wo	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	bills	bill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **take** | future | Cinemas | money |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 2 | **pay** | present · passive |  | your bills |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
| 3 | **bill** |  | your |  |  |  |  |  | nom bill «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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