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title: A Scottish dad says, "Camping in the Highlands, aye, it'll be dreich… — Saving for holidays and big things · tree and pragmatics
description: A Scottish dad says, "Camping in the Highlands, aye, it'll be dreich, but it's a quarter of the price of Spain." ("Dreich" means grey and rainy.) Spain is £2,000. What does the camping cost? Test 5 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Saving for holidays and big things» of the money course of Mova's primary school, w
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# Test 5 · ★★ · Saving for holidays and big things

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A Scottish dad says, "Camping in the Highlands, aye, it'll be dreich, but it's a quarter of the price of Spain." ("Dreich" means grey and rainy.) Spain is £2,000. What does the camping cost?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Scottish dad, Camping, Dreich, Spain · **What happens:** say, be, mean, do · **To what, where:** quarter, grey, £ 2,000, camping cost · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★★ 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Scottish dad says, "Camping in the Highlands, aye, it'll be dreich, but it's a quarter of the price of Spain."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t5:1
# text = A Scottish dad says, "Camping in the Highlands, aye, it'll be dreich, but it's a quarter of the price of Spain."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Scottish	Scottish	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	dad	dad	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	Camping	camping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	ccomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	Highlands	Highland	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	aye	aye	INTJ	UH	_	17	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	17	cop	_	_
17	dreich	dreich	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
19	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
20	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
22	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
23	quarter	quarter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	_
24	of	of	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
25	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
26	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	nmod	_	_
27	of	of	ADP	IN	_	28	case	_	_
28	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	26	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
29	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	17	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Scottish dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** *in a quote* | future | Camping |  |  |  |  | dreich *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | Camping | a quarter |  |  |  | of the price of Spain | tree rules |

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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:* ("Dreich" means grey and rainy.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t5:2
# text = ("Dreich" means grey and rainy.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Dreich	Dreich	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	grey	grey	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	rainy	rainy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Dreich | grey |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grey=Topic |

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*Sentence 3:* Spain is £2,000.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t5:3
# text = Spain is £2,000.
1	Spain	Spain	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	£	£	SYM	$	_	4	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	2,000	2000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Spain | £ 2,000 |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 4:* What does the camping cost?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t5:4
# text = What does the camping cost?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	2	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	camping	camping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	cost	cost	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | the camping cost |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cost=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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£400

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t5:o1:1
# text = £400
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	400	400	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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£250

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t5:o2:1
# text = £250
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	250	250	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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£500

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t5:o3:1
# text = £500
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	500	500	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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£1,500

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t5:o4:1
# text = £1,500
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	1,500	1,500	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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