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title: Your mate, a proper Gen Alpha kid, says, "Packed lunch is mid, bough… — The weekly shop and a family budget · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate, a proper Gen Alpha kid, says, "Packed lunch is mid, bought lunch is bussin'." ("Mid" means meh; "bussin'" means really tasty.) His mum says the packed lunch saves money. How much a week, if it's £1.50 instead of £4? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 22 «The weekly shop and a family budget» of the mone
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# Test 2 · ★ · The weekly shop and a family budget

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Your mate, a proper Gen Alpha kid, says, "Packed lunch is mid, bought lunch is bussin'." ("Mid" means meh; "bussin'" means really tasty.) His mum says the packed lunch saves money. How much a week, if it's £1.50 instead of £4?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, Packed lunch, mid, bussin, mum · **What happens:** say, be, buy, mean, save · **To what, where:** lunch, meh, money · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate, a proper Gen Alpha kid, says, "Packed lunch is mid, bought lunch is bussin'."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t2:1
# text = Your mate, a proper Gen Alpha kid, says, "Packed lunch is mid, bought lunch is bussin'."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
5	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
6	Gen	Gen	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
7	Alpha	Alpha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	flat	_	_
8	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
10	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	Packed	packed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nsubj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
16	mid	mid	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	bought	buy	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	conj	_	_
19	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	bussin	bussin	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	21	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your mate and a proper Gen kid |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | Packed lunch |  |  |  |  | mid *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **buy** *in a quote* | participle | Packed lunch *not said here* | lunch |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Theme |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | mid |  |  |  |  | bussin *property* | 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:* ("Mid" means meh; "bussin'" means really tasty.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t2:2
# text = ("Mid" means meh; "bussin'" means really tasty.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Mid	Mid	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	meh	meh	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	bussin	bussin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
12	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	really	really	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	tasty	tasty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Mid | meh |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meh=Topic |
| 2 | **mean** | present | bussin |  |  |  |  | tasty *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* His mum says the packed lunch saves money.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t2:3
# text = His mum says the packed lunch saves money.
1	His	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	packed	packed	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	saves	save	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
8	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	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 | mid's mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **save** | present | the packed lunch | money |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |

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*Sentence 4:* How much a week, if it's £1.50 instead of £4?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t2:4
# text = How much a week, if it's £1.50 instead of £4?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	£	£	SYM	$	_	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	1.50	1.50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Frac	9	nummod	_	_
11	instead	instead	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADP	13	case	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	fixed	_	_
13	£	£	SYM	$	_	9	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	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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£5.50

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t2:o1:1
# text = £5.50
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	5.50	5.50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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£20

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t2:o2:1
# text = £20
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	20	20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
£12.50

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t2:o3:1
# text = £12.50
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	12.50	12.50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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£2.50

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t2:o4:1
# text = £2.50
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	2.50	2.50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	nummod	_	_
```

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

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