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title: What would happen if Leo's mum bought the £200 bike with only £50 sp… — When money is tight: "we can't afford… · tree and pragmatics
description: What would happen if Leo's mum bought the £200 bike with only £50 spare? Test 3 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 pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 3 · When money is tight: "we can't afford it"

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What would happen if Leo's mum bought the £200 bike with only £50 spare?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** happen, buy · **To what, where:** £ bike

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:t3:1
# text = What would happen if Leo's mum bought the £200 bike with only £50 spare?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	happen	happen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	Leo	Leo	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	's	PART	POS	_	5	case	_	_
7	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	bought	buy	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
10	£	£	SYM	$	_	12	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	200	200	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	_
12	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
13	with	with	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	only	only	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	£	£	SYM	$	_	17	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
17	spare	spare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **happen** | would |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **buy** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | Leo's mum | the £ bike |  |  |  | with £ spare | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The family would just have £250 spare at the end of the month

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:t3:o1:1
# text = The family would just have £250 spare at the end of the month
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	just	just	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	£	£	SYM	$	_	8	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	250	250	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
8	spare	spare	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	month	month	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | would | the family | £ spare |  |  | at the end of the month |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spare=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bike shop would pay the energy bill for them as a thank-you

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:t3:o2:1
# text = The bike shop would pay the energy bill for them as a thank-you
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	bill	bill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nmod	_	_
11	as	as	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	thank	thank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	13	flat	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | would | the bike shop | the energy bill |  |  |  | for them *= they*; as a thank | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent bill=Asset for they=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, because bikes are free to keep after the first month

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:t3:o3:1
# text = Nothing, because bikes are free to keep after the first month
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	bikes	bike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
9	after	after	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	12	amod	_	_
12	month	month	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** | present | bikes |  |  |  |  | free *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **keep** | to-infinitive | bikes *not said here* |  |  |  | month |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
She'd be £150 short for other bills like food and energy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:23-when-money-is-tight:t3:o4:1
# text = She'd be £150 short for other bills like food and energy
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
3	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	cop	_	_
4	£	£	SYM	$	_	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	150	150	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
6	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	bills	bill	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	like	like	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	energy	energy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | would | She |  |  |  |  | for other bills like food and energy; short *property* | tree rules |

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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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