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# Test 3 · ★ · Debt, loans, credit cards and interest

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Uncle Joe, a gurt kind fella from Bristol, says, "Pay us back a tenner a week, no interest, proper job." ("Gurt" means very; "proper job" means great.) How long does £50 take?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Uncle Joe, Gurt, proper job · **What happens:** say, pay back, mean, take · **To what, where:** tenner, us · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 24 «Debt, loans, credit cards and interest» 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/24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Uncle Joe, a gurt kind fella from Bristol, says, "Pay us back a tenner a week, no interest, proper job."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:t3:1
# text = Uncle Joe, a gurt kind fella from Bristol, says, "Pay us back a tenner a week, no interest, proper job."
1	Uncle	Uncle	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	Joe	Joe	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
5	gurt	gurt	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	kind	kind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	fella	fella	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	Bristol	Bristol	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
11	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	Pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	ccomp	_	_
15	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	iobj	_	_
16	back	back	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	tenner	tenner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
22	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	23	det	_	_
23	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	26	punct	_	_
25	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	26	amod	_	_
26	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Uncle Joe |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pay back** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | a tenner | us |  | week | no interest and proper job *obl* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent we=Recipient tenner=Asset |

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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:* ("Gurt" means very; "proper job" means great.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:t3:2
# text = ("Gurt" means very; "proper job" means great.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Gurt	Gurt	PROPN	NNP	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	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	proper	proper	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	job	job	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	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Gurt |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **mean** | present | proper job |  |  |  |  | great *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* How long does £50 take?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:t3:3
# text = How long does £50 take?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	6	advmod	_	_
3	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
4	£	£	SYM	$	_	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present · do-support |  |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
5 weeks, and Dad pays back £60

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:t3:o1:1
# text = 5 weeks, and Dad pays back £60
1	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	£	£	SYM	$	_	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	60	60	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay back** | present | Dad |  |  |  | week |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Asset |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
5 weeks, and Dad pays back exactly £50

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:t3:o2:1
# text = 5 weeks, and Dad pays back exactly £50
1	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
9	£	£	SYM	$	_	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay back** | present | Dad |  |  |  | week |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Asset |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
4 weeks, and Dad pays back £40

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:t3:o3:1
# text = 4 weeks, and Dad pays back £40
1	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	£	£	SYM	$	_	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	40	40	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay back** | present | Dad |  |  |  | week |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
10 weeks, and Dad pays back £50 in the end

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:t3:o4:1
# text = 10 weeks, and Dad pays back £50 in the end
1	10	10	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	Dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	back	back	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	£	£	SYM	$	_	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	end	end	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay back** | present | Dad |  |  |  | in the end; week |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Asset |

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