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title: In a video game, you get a holiday instantly by pressing "buy" with… — Saving for holidays and big things · tree and pragmatics
description: In a video game, you get a holiday instantly by pressing "buy" with no money. What would real life need? Test 7 · ★★ 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; Mova's choi
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Saving for holidays and big things

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In a video game, you get a holiday instantly by pressing "buy" with no money. What would real life need?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** get, press · **To what, where:** holiday, video game, buy

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a video game, you get a holiday instantly by pressing "buy" with no money.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t7:1
# text = In a video game, you get a holiday instantly by pressing "buy" with no money.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	video	video	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
10	instantly	instantly	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
11	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	pressing	press	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	advcl	_	_
13	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	buy	buy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	with	with	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	18	det	_	_
18	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present | you | a holiday |  | a video game |  | instantly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer holiday=Stimulus |
| 2 | **press** | gerund | you *not said here* | buy |  |  |  | with no money | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent buy=Theme |

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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 real life need?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t7:2
# text = What would real life need?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	1	aux	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
4	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	need	need	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Saving up first, or borrowing and paying it back with interest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t7:o1:1
# text = Saving up first, or borrowing and paying it back with interest
1	Saving	save	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	borrowing	borrow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	paying	pay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	interest	interest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **save up** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **borrow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **pay back** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | with interest | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A holiday ticket from the government for every family

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t7:o2:1
# text = A holiday ticket from the government for every family
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	ticket	ticket	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	government	government	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Nothing, holidays are free if you press the right button

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t7:o3:1
# text = Nothing, holidays are free if you press the right button
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	holidays	holiday	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	press	press	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	button	button	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  | free *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **press** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | the right button |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only a passport, because flights cost nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:25-saving-for-holidays-and-big-things:t7:o4:1
# text = Only a passport, because flights cost nothing
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	passport	passport	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	flights	flight	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	cost	cost	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** | present | a passport | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme nothing=Value |

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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