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title: Your mate, proper Mancunian, says, "Me mam got me trainers from the… — When money is tight: "we can't afford… · tree and pragmatics
description: Your mate, proper Mancunian, says, "Me mam got me trainers from the charity shop, they're sound, our kid." ("Sound" means good; "our kid" means brother or mate.) What's true? Test 2 of lesson 23 «When money is tight: "we can't afford it"» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the depend
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# Test 2 · When money is tight: "we can't afford it"

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Your mate, proper Mancunian, says, "Me mam got me trainers from the charity shop, they're sound, our kid." ("Sound" means good; "our kid" means brother or mate.) What's true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, trainers, Sound, kid · **What happens:** say, get, be, mean · **To what, where:** trainers, mate, charity shop, sound, brother · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 23 «When money is tight: "we can't afford it"» 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/23-when-money-is-tight/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your mate, proper Mancunian, says, "Me mam got me trainers from the charity shop, they're sound, our kid."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:t2:1
# text = Your mate, proper Mancunian, says, "Me mam got me trainers from the charity shop, they're sound, our kid."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	Mancunian	Mancunian	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	12	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	mam	mam	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	flat	_	_
12	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
13	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	trainers	trainer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
20	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	25	punct	_	_
24	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	25	nmod:poss	_	_
25	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	25	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	25	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Your mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **get** *in a quote* | past | Your mate *= mate* | trainers | Your mate *= mate* | the charity shop |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary trainer=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | trainers *= trainer* | sound |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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:* ("Sound" means good; "our kid" means brother or mate.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:t2:2
# text = ("Sound" means good; "our kid" means brother or mate.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Sound	sound	NOUN	NN	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	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
12	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
14	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Sound |  |  |  |  | good *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present | our kid | brother or mate |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* What's true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:t2:3
# text = What's true?
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	true	true	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 |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Second-hand trainers cost more than new ones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:t2:o1:1
# text = Second-hand trainers cost more than new ones
1	Second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	trainers	trainer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	obj	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | hand trainers | more |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme more=Value |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Charity shops only sell broken things that nobody else wants to buy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:t2:o2:1
# text = Charity shops only sell broken things that nobody else wants to buy
1	Charity	charity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	sell	sell	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	amod	_	_
6	things	thing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	10	obj	_	_
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	10	nsubj	_	_
9	else	else	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	buy	buy	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present | Charity shops | broken things |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
| 2 | **break** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
| 3 | **want** | present | nobody | broken things |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **buy** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | broken things *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Second-hand trainers can be as good as new for a lot less money

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:t2:o3:1
# text = Second-hand trainers can be as good as new for a lot less money
1	Second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	1	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	trainers	trainer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	as	as	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	good	good	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	obl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	lot	lot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
14	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	15	amod	_	_
15	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | hand trainers |  |  |  |  | as new; for less money; good *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It's against the rules to wear second-hand shoes at school

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:t2:o4:1
# text = It's against the rules to wear second-hand shoes at school
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	against	against	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	wear	wear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	second	second	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | against the rules | tree rules |
| 2 | **wear** | to-infinitive |  | hand shoes |  | school |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |

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