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title: A girl from Newcastle says, "Me mam's canny with money, she gets the… — The weekly shop and a family budget · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl from Newcastle says, "Me mam's canny with money, she gets the yellow-sticker bread for 30p." ("Canny" means clever or good.) If it's normally £1.20, how much does she save on one loaf? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 22 «The weekly shop and a family budget» of the money course of Mova's primary school, 
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# Test 6 · ★ · The weekly shop and a family budget

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A girl from Newcastle says, "Me mam's canny with money, she gets the yellow-sticker bread for 30p." ("Canny" means clever or good.) If it's normally £1.20, how much does she save on one loaf?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, mam, Canny · **What happens:** say, get, mean, save · **To what, where:** yellow sticker bread, one loaf · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★ 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/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl from Newcastle says, "Me mam's canny with money, she gets the yellow-sticker bread for 30p."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t6:1
# text = A girl from Newcastle says, "Me mam's canny with money, she gets the yellow-sticker bread for 30p."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Newcastle	Newcastle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	11	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	9	compound	_	_
9	mam	mam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	canny	canny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	ccomp	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	_
16	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
18	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	sticker	sticker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	compound	_	_
21	bread	bread	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	_
22	for	for	ADP	IN	_	24	case	_	_
23	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a girl from Newcastle |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | present | mam | the yellow sticker bread |  |  |  | for 30 p | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bread=Theme for p=Source |

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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:* ("Canny" means clever or good.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t6:2
# text = ("Canny" means clever or good.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Canny	Canny	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	clever	clever	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* If it's normally £1.20, how much does she save on one loaf?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t6:3
# text = If it's normally £1.20, how much does she save on one loaf?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	normally	normally	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	1.20	1.20	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
9	much	much	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	save	save	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	loaf	loaf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save** | present · do-support | Canny |  |  | one loaf |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on loaf=Source |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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30p

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t6:o1:1
# text = 30p
1	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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90p

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t6:o2:1
# text = 90p
1	90	90	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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80p

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t6:o3:1
# text = 80p
1	80	80	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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£1.50

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t6:o4:1
# text = £1.50
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	1.50	1.50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Frac	1	nummod	_	_
```

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

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