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title: Gran, from the Black Country, says, "I've put a tenner by every wik… — Saving for holidays and big things · tree and pragmatics
description: Gran, from the Black Country, says, "I've put a tenner by every wik since January, bostin'!" ("Bostin'" means brilliant; "wik" means week.) If she started 30 weeks ago, how much has she saved? Test 2 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Saving for holidays and big things» of the money course of Mova's primary school,
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# Test 2 · ★★ · Saving for holidays and big things

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Gran, from the Black Country, says, "I've put a tenner by every wik since January, bostin'!" ("Bostin'" means brilliant; "wik" means week.) If she started 30 weeks ago, how much has she saved?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Gran, Bostin, wik · **What happens:** say, put, mean, start, save · **To what, where:** tenner · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Gran, from the Black Country, says, "I've put a tenner by every wik since January, bostin'!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t2:1
# text = Gran, from the Black Country, says, "I've put a tenner by every wik since January, bostin'!"
1	Gran	Gran	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	Black	Black	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	Country	Country	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	've	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	ccomp	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	tenner	tenner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	18	det	_	_
18	wik	wik	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
19	since	since	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
20	January	January	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
22	bostin	bostin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	'	'	PUNCT	``	_	22	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | Gran and the Black Country |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **put** *in a quote* | present · perfect | Gran and the Black Country *= gran* | a tenner |  |  | january | by every wik; bostin *obl* | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tenner=Theme by wik=Destination |

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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:* ("Bostin'" means brilliant; "wik" means week.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t2:2
# text = ("Bostin'" means brilliant; "wik" means week.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Bostin	Bostin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	'	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
6	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	brilliant	brilliant	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	wik	wik	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	6	conj	_	_
13	week	week	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* If she started 30 weeks ago, how much has she saved?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t2:3
# text = If she started 30 weeks ago, how much has she saved?
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	12	advcl	_	_
4	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	weeks	week	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl:unmarked	_	_
6	ago	ago	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
9	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nsubj	_	_
10	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
11	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	saved	save	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	12	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **start** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | wik |  |  |  |  | ago *property* | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **save** | present · perfect | wik |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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£520

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t2:o1:1
# text = £520
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	520	520	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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£30

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t2:o2:1
# text = £30
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	30	30	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 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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£300

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t2:o3:1
# text = £300
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	300	300	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 {#o4}

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£130

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t2:o4:1
# text = £130
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	130	130	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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