--- title: Ascertain the aggregate saving to a household in respect of free sch… — When money is tight: "we can't afford… · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the aggregate saving to a household in respect of free school meals, given that each meal would otherwise cost £2.50 and that the school week comprises five days. 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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/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the aggregate saving to a household in respect of free school meals, given that each meal would otherwise cost £2.50 and that the school week comprises five days. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 aggregate aggregate NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 saving save VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 acl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 household household NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 respect respect NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 10 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 13 amod _ _ 12 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 meals meal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 15 given give VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 acl _ _ 16 that that SCONJ IN _ 21 mark _ _ 17 each each DET DT PronType=Tot 18 det _ _ 18 meal meal NOUN NN Number=Sing 21 nsubj _ _ 19 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 21 aux _ _ 20 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 21 advmod _ _ 21 cost cost VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 15 advcl _ _ 22 £ £ SYM $ _ 21 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 23 2.50 2.50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 22 nummod _ _ 24 and and CCONJ CC _ 29 cc _ _ 25 that that SCONJ IN _ 29 mark _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 28 det _ _ 27 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 28 compound _ _ 28 week week NOUN NN Number=Sing 29 nsubj _ _ 29 comprises comprise VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 21 conj _ _ 30 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 31 nummod _ _ 31 days day NOUN NNS Number=Plur 29 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 32 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the aggregate | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent aggregate=Topic | | 2 | **save** | gerund | the aggregate *not said here* | | | respect of free school meals | | to a household | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **give** | participle | | free school meals *not said here* | | | | | vn break\_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | | 4 | **cost** | would | each meal | | | | | otherwise *property* | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme £=Value | | 5 | **comprise** | present | the school week | | | | day | | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | | 6 | **respect** | | | free school meals | | | | | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient | 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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} £12.50 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e3:o1:1 # text = £12.50 1 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 12.50 12.50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} £125 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e3:o2:1 # text = £125 1 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 125 125 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} £10.50 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e3:o3:1 # text = £10.50 1 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 10.50 10.50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} £7.50 ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:e3:o4:1 # text = £7.50 1 £ £ SYM $ _ 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 7.50 7.50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 nummod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. **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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