--- title: Your big brother says, "Budgets are for skint people, rich families… — The weekly shop and a family budget · tree and pragmatics description: Your big brother says, "Budgets are for skint people, rich families just buy whatever." What's the wisest reply? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 22 «The weekly shop and a family budget» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mo --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget/t11/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/) / [The weekly shop and a family budget](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/money/22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · The weekly shop and a family budget Your big brother says, "Budgets are for skint people, rich families just buy whatever." What's the wisest reply? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** big brother, Budgets, skint people, wisest reply · **What happens:** say, be, buy · **To what, where:** whatever · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 22 «The weekly shop and a family budget» 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/22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget/#t11). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Your big brother says, "Budgets are for skint people, rich families just buy whatever." ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t11:1 # text = Your big brother says, "Budgets are for skint people, rich families just buy whatever." 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 big big ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 brother brother NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 6 " " PUNCT `` _ 11 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Budgets budget NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 nsubj _ _ 8 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 skint skint ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 13 rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 conj _ _ 15 just just ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 buy buy VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 17 whatever whatever PRON WP PronType=Rel 16 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 19 " " PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your big brother | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Budgets | | | | | for skint people and rich families | tree rules | | 3 | **buy** *in a quote* | present | skint people and rich families | whatever | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whatever=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:* What's the wisest reply? ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t11:2 # text = What's the wisest reply? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 wisest wise ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 reply reply NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the wisest reply | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Budgets are only for shops, never for ordinary families ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t11:o1:1 # text = Budgets are only for shops, never for ordinary families 1 Budgets budget NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 shops shop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 ordinary ordinary ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Budgets | | | | | for shops and ordinary families | tree rules | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Rich families pay nothing, so they don't need one ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t11:o2:1 # text = Rich families pay nothing, so they don't need one 1 Rich rich ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 families family NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 pay pay VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 8 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ 11 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **pay** | present | Rich families | nothing | | | | | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Asset | | 2 | **not** **need** | present · do-support | families *= family* | one | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot one=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} He's right, only people with no money plan spending ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t11:o3:1 # text = He's right, only people with no money plan spending 1 He he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 only only ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 11 det _ _ 9 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 plan plan NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 spending spending NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | He | | | | | people with no plan spending *obl*; right *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Any family can use a budget to spend money well ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t11:o4:1 # text = Any family can use a budget to spend money well 1 Any any DET DT PronType=Ind 2 det _ _ 2 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 use use VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 budget budget NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 spend spend VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 advcl _ _ 9 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ 10 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 8 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | can | any family | a budget | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent budget=Patient | | 2 | **spend** | to-infinitive | any family *not said here* | money | | | | well *property* | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Asset | **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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