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title: It is given that a bicycle is priced at £200, whereas the sum remain… — When money is tight: "we can't afford… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a bicycle is priced at £200, whereas the sum remaining to a household after essential expenditure is £50. Determine the shortfall. Exam question 1 of lesson 23 «When money is tight: "we can't afford it"» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and prag
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# Exam question 1 · When money is tight: "we can't afford it"

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It is given that a bicycle is priced at £200, whereas the sum remaining to a household after essential expenditure is £50. Determine the shortfall.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sum, you · **What happens:** give, price, remain, determine · **To what, where:** It, bicycle, shortfall

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 23 «When money is tight: "we can't afford it"» of the money course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/23-when-money-is-tight/#e1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a bicycle is priced at £200, whereas the sum remaining to a household after essential expenditure is £50.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e1:1
# text = It is given that a bicycle is priced at £200, whereas the sum remaining to a household after essential expenditure is £50.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bicycle	bicycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	priced	price	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	£	£	SYM	$	_	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	200	200	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
13	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	sum	sum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	appos	_	_
16	remaining	remain	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	15	acl	_	_
17	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	household	household	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
20	after	after	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	essential	essential	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	expenditure	expenditure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	_
23	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
24	£	£	SYM	$	_	10	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	24	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **price** | present · passive |  | a bicycle |  |  |  |  | vn price-54.4 «NP V NP PP.value»: subject=Theme at £=Value |
| 3 | **remain** | gerund | the sum *not said here* |  |  |  | after essential expenditure | to a household | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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:* Determine the shortfall.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e1:2
# text = Determine the shortfall.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	shortfall	shortfall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the shortfall |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shortfall=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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£250

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e1:o1:1
# text = £250
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	250	250	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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£200

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e1:o2:1
# text = £200
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	200	200	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}

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£150

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e1:o3:1
# text = £150
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	150	150	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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£50

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e1:o4:1
# text = £50
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	50	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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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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