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# Test 5 · ★ · Debt, loans, credit cards and interest

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Lucy's brother says, "Pay me £6 back — nah, call it £7 — or I'm telling Mum!" She borrowed £5. How much extra does he want now?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** brother, Lucy, much extra · **What happens:** say, pay, call, tell, borrow, want · **To what, where:** brother, it, Mum · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lucy's brother says, "Pay me £6 back — nah, call it £7 — or I'm telling Mum!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:t5:1
# text = Lucy's brother says, "Pay me £6 back — nah, call it £7 — or I'm telling Mum!"
1	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
3	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	7	iobj	_	_
9	£	£	SYM	$	_	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
12	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	15	punct	_	_
13	nah	nah	INTJ	UH	_	15	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
15	call	call	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	7	parataxis	_	_
16	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	£	£	SYM	$	_	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	7	7	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
19	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	23	punct	_	_
20	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
21	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
23	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	parataxis	_	_
24	Mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	iobj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	23	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | Lucy's brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **pay** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  | Lucy's brother *= brother* |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent i=Recipient £=Asset |
| 3 | **call** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | it |  |  |  |  | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme £=Result |
| 4 | **tell** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present · progressive | Lucy's brother *= brother* |  | Mum |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient |

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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:* She borrowed £5.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:t5:2
# text = She borrowed £5.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	borrowed	borrow	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	£	£	SYM	$	_	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **borrow** | past | Lucy |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent £=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* How much extra does he want now?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:t5:3
# text = How much extra does he want now?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	extra	extra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	want	want	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present · do-support | much extra |  |  |  | now |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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£1

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:t5:o1:1
# text = £1
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	1	1	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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£7

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:t5:o2:1
# text = £7
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	7	7	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 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
£12

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:t5:o3:1
# text = £12
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	12	12	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 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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£2

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:24-debt-loans-credit-cards-and-interest:t5:o4:1
# text = £2
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	2	2	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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