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title: Gran tuts, "Sweets by the tills — they do that on purpose, you know.… — The weekly shop and a family budget · tree and pragmatics
description: Gran tuts, "Sweets by the tills — they do that on purpose, you know." Your cousin says, "Nah, that's just where they fit." Who is right? Test 4 · ★ 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
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# Test 4 · ★ · The weekly shop and a family budget

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Gran tuts, "Sweets by the tills — they do that on purpose, you know." Your cousin says, "Nah, that's just where they fit." Who is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gran, tills, you, cousin, that · **What happens:** tut, do, know, say, be, fit · **To what, where:** that, purpose · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran tuts, "Sweets by the tills — they do that on purpose, you know."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t4:1
# text = Gran tuts, "Sweets by the tills — they do that on purpose, you know."
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tuts	tut	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	conj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	tills	till	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
9	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	11	punct	_	_
10	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
12	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	obj	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	purpose	purpose	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	_
17	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tut** | present | Gran |  |  |  |  | by the tills | tree rules |
| 2 | **do** *in a quote* | present | tills *= till* | that |  | purpose |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |
| 3 | **know** *in a quote* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:* Your cousin says, "Nah, that's just where they fit."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t4:2
# text = Your cousin says, "Nah, that's just where they fit."
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	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
12	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	fit	fit	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	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 clause=Topic |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | present | that |  |  |  |  | where *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **fit** *in a quote* | present | tills *= till* |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Who is right?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t4:3
# text = Who is right?
1	Who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	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	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Gran: shops place them where waiting children see them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t4:o1:1
# text = Gran: shops place them where waiting children see them
1	Gran	gran	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
3	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	compound	_	_
4	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
7	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	nmod	_	_
8	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund |  | children |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive |  | children *= child* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Both: the law says sweets go by the tills

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t4:o2:1
# text = Both: the law says sweets go by the tills
1	Both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	tills	till	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | both law |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** | present | sweets |  |  |  |  | by the tills | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme by till=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Your cousin: it's just where there happened to be a spare shelf

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t4:o3:1
# text = Your cousin: it's just where there happened to be a spare shelf
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	2	punct	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
6	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	9	advmod	_	_
9	happened	happen	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
11	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	cop	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	spare	spare	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	shelf	shelf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | cousin |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **happen** | past | Your cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | to-infinitive | Your cousin *not said here* | a spare shelf |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Neither: sweets are always put at the back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t4:o4:1
# text = Neither: sweets are always put at the back
1	Neither	neither	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	3	det	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **put** | present · passive |  | neither sweets |  | the back |  | always *property* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme at back=Destination |

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