--- title: It is given that one retailer charges £62 and another £54 for an ide… — The weekly shop and a family budget · tree and pragmatics description: It is given that one retailer charges £62 and another £54 for an identical assortment of goods. Determine the saving obtainable over a period of fifty-two weeks by patronising the latter. 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Determine the saving obtainable over a period of fifty-two weeks by patronising the latter. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** one retailer, you · **What happens:** give, charge, determine, save, patronis · **To what, where:** It, period, latter This is exam question 2 of lesson 22 «The weekly shop and a family budget» of the money course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget/#e2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* It is given that one retailer charges £62 and another £54 for an identical assortment of goods. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:e2:1 # text = It is given that one retailer charges £62 and another £54 for an identical assortment of goods. 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 6 det _ _ 5 one one NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 retailer retailer NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 charges charge VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 £ £ SYM $ _ 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 62 62 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 another another DET DT PronType=Ind 12 det _ _ 12 £ £ SYM $ _ 8 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 13 54 54 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 14 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 identical identical ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 assortment assortment NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nmod _ _ 18 of of ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 19 goods goods NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **charge** | present | that one retailer | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location £=Theme | 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. *Sentence 2:* Determine the saving obtainable over a period of fifty-two weeks by patronising the latter. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:e2:2 # text = Determine the saving obtainable over a period of fifty-two weeks by patronising the latter. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 saving save VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 4 obtainable obtainable ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 xcomp _ _ 5 over over ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 period period NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 9 fifty fifty NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 10 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 11 two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ _ 12 weeks week NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 13 by by SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 14 patronising patronis VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 15 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 latter latter ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 17 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **save** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | a period of two weeks | | obtainable *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **patronis** | gerund | you *not said here* | the latter | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} £364 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:e2:o1:1 # text = £364 1 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 364 364 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} £468 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:e2:o2:1 # text = £468 1 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 468 468 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} £416 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:e2:o3:1 # text = £416 1 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 416 416 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} £400 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:e2:o4:1 # text = £400 1 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 400 400 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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. 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