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title: Your cousin says, "£25 a month for a phone is lowkey nothing, basica… — Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your cousin says, "£25 a month for a phone is lowkey nothing, basically free." ("Lowkey" means "kind of".) On a 24-month contract, what does it really cost? Test 3 of lesson 21 «Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependenc
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# Test 3 · Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax

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Your cousin says, "£25 a month for a phone is lowkey nothing, basically free." ("Lowkey" means "kind of".) On a 24-month contract, what does it really cost?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, Lowkey · **What happens:** say, be, mean, cost · **To what, where:** nothing, kind, month contract · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cousin says, "£25 a month for a phone is lowkey nothing, basically free."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t3:1
# text = Your cousin says, "£25 a month for a phone is lowkey nothing, basically free."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
13	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
14	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	basically	basically	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
18	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present |  | nothing |  |  |  |  | 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:* ("Lowkey" means "kind of".)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t3:2
# text = ("Lowkey" means "kind of".)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
5	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* On a 24-month contract, what does it really cost?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t3:3
# text = On a 24-month contract, what does it really cost?
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	24	24	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	contract	contract	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	9	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	really	really	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	cost	cost	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present · do-support |  |  |  | a month contract |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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£25 in total

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t3:o1:1
# text = £25 in total
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	25	25	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
£250 in total

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t3:o2:1
# text = £250 in total
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	250	250	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
£600 in total

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t3:o3:1
# text = £600 in total
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	600	600	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
£300 in total

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t3:o4:1
# text = £300 in total
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	300	300	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	total	total	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	nmod	_	_
```

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

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