--- title: In a cartoon, a family "saves money" by buying ten of everything and… — The weekly shop and a family budget · tree and pragmatics description: In a cartoon, a family "saves money" by buying ten of everything and throwing half away. What's wrong? 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What's wrong? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** family · **What happens:** save, buy, throw, be · **To what, where:** money, cartoon, ten This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a family "saves money" by buying ten of everything and throwing half away. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t9:1 # text = In a cartoon, a family "saves money" by buying ten of everything and throwing half away. 1 In in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 " " PUNCT '' _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 saves save VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 " " PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ 11 by by SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 12 buying buy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 13 ten ten NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 obj _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 everything everything PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 13 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 throwing throw VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 12 conj _ _ 18 half half ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac 19 advmod _ _ 19 away away ADV RB _ 17 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **save** *in a quote* | present | a family | money | | a cartoon | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | | 2 | **buy** | gerund | a family *not said here* | ten of everything | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ten=Theme | | 3 | **throw** | gerund | a family *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | 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 wrong? ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t9:2 # text = What's wrong? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wrong wrong ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | wrong *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Throwing food away makes the shop refund you ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t9:o1:1 # text = Throwing food away makes the shop refund you 1 Throwing throw VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 csubj _ _ 2 food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 4 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 refund refund NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw away** | gerund | | food | | | | away *property* | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent food=Theme | | 2 | **make** | present | Throwing | the shop refund | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset refund=Beneficiary you=Product | ### Option 2 {#o2} Food thrown in the bin is paid for by the council ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t9:o2:1 # text = Food thrown in the bin is paid for by the council 1 Food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bin bin NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 paid pay VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 by by ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 council council NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw** | participle | | Food *not said here* | | the bin | | | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in bin=Destination | | 2 | **pay** | present · passive | | Food | | | | for the council | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for council=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Food thrown away is money wasted, not saved ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t9:o3:1 # text = Food thrown away is money wasted, not saved 1 Food food NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 thrown throw VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 away away ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 5 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 wasted waste VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 8 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 9 advmod _ _ 9 saved save VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **throw away** | participle | | Food *not said here* | | | | away *property* | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **waste** | present · passive | | Food | | | | | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 3 | **not** **save** | participle | | | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Nothing, because buying more always saves money ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:22-the-weekly-shop-and-a-family-budget:t9:o4:1 # text = Nothing, because buying more always saves money 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 4 buying buy VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 5 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 obj _ _ 6 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 7 saves save VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **buy** | gerund | Nothing *not said here* | more | | | | | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme | | 2 | **save** | present | Nothing | money | | | | | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | **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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