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title: Your cousin goes, "Saving's for boomers, just whack it on the card,… — Saving for holidays and big things · tree and pragmatics
description: Your cousin goes, "Saving's for boomers, just whack it on the card, innit." What would happen if the family did that? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Saving for holidays and big things» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Saving for holidays and big things

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Your cousin goes, "Saving's for boomers, just whack it on the card, innit." What would happen if the family did that?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, family · **What happens:** go, whack, happen, do · **To what, where:** Saving, cousin, that

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Saving for holidays and big things» 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/25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Your cousin goes, "Saving's for boomers, just whack it on the card, innit."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t1:1
# text = Your cousin goes, "Saving's for boomers, just whack it on the card, innit."
1	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	Saving	Saving	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	boomers	boomer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	just	just	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	whack	whack	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	_
14	on	on	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | Your cousin | Saving |  |  |  | for boomers | vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location saving=Theme |
| 2 | **whack** *in a quote* | infinitive | Your cousin *not said here* | cousin |  |  |  | on the card and innit | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent it=Instrument on card=Patient |

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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:* What would happen if the family did that?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t1:2
# text = What would happen if the family did that?
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	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	did	do	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	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 | **do** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | the family | that |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The card company would pay for half the holiday

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t1:o1:1
# text = The card company would pay for half the holiday
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	company	company	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	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	9	det:predet	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | would | the card company |  |  |  |  | for half holiday | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for holiday=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing different, cards and savings work the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t1:o2:1
# text = Nothing different, cards and savings work the same
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	nsubj	_	_
2	different	different	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	conj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	savings	savings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	conj	_	_
7	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **work** | present | Nothing | the same |  |  |  |  | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent same=Material |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The holiday would end up cheaper than saving first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t1:o3:1
# text = The holiday would end up cheaper than saving first
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	end	end	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	up	up	ADP	RP	_	4	compound:prt	_	_
6	cheaper	cheap	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
7	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	saving	save	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **end up** | would | the holiday |  |  |  |  | cheap *property* | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **save** | gerund | the holiday *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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They'd pay interest and still be paying for the holiday months later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t1:o4:1
# text = They'd pay interest and still be paying for the holiday months later
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	'd	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	still	still	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux	_	_
8	paying	pay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	conj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	months	month	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl:unmarked	_	_
13	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | would | They | interest |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent interest=Asset |
| 2 | **pay** | infinitive · progressive | They *not said here* |  |  |  | still | late *property* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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