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title: Dad, sarcastic: "Late fee, £15. Brilliant." Is he pleased, and what… — Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dad, sarcastic: "Late fee, £15. Brilliant." Is he pleased, and what does his £60 bill become? Test 7 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'
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# Test 7 · Bills: rent, mortgage, energy, water, phone, council tax

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Dad, sarcastic: "Late fee, £15. Brilliant." Is he pleased, and what does his £60 bill become?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** he, his · **What happens:** be, become, bill

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dad, sarcastic: "Late fee, £15.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t7:1
# text = Dad, sarcastic: "Late fee, £15.
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	sarcastic	sarcastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Late	late	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	fee	fee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	£	£	SYM	$	_	7	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	15	15	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 2:* Brilliant."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t7:2
# text = Brilliant."
1	Brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Is he pleased, and what does his £60 bill become?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t7:3
# text = Is he pleased, and what does his £60 bill become?
1	Is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
2	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
6	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	12	nsubj	_	_
7	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
9	£	£	SYM	$	_	11	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
11	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	become	become	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | pleased *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **become** | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **bill** |  | his *= he* |  |  |  |  |  | nom bill «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, he's pleased, and the bill becomes £45

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t7:o1:1
# text = Yes, he's pleased, and the bill becomes £45
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	£	£	SYM	$	_	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	45	45	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | pleased *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **become** | present | the bill |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, he's annoyed, and the bill stays £60

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t7:o2:1
# text = No, he's annoyed, and the bill stays £60
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	£	£	SYM	$	_	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | annoyed *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** | present | the bill |  |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme £=Location |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, he's annoyed, and the bill becomes £75

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t7:o3:1
# text = No, he's annoyed, and the bill becomes £75
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	annoyed	annoyed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	£	£	SYM	$	_	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	75	75	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | annoyed *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **become** | present | the bill |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, he's pleased, and the bill becomes £75

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:21-bills-rent-mortgage-energy-water-council-tax:t7:o4:1
# text = Yes, he's pleased, and the bill becomes £75
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	pleased	pleased	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	becomes	become	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
11	£	£	SYM	$	_	10	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	75	75	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | he |  |  |  |  | pleased *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **become** | present | the bill |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |

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