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title: Lucy forgets her card in the machine and moans, "Ugh, it ate my card… — Interest on savings and cash machines · tree and pragmatics
description: Lucy forgets her card in the machine and moans, "Ugh, it ate my card, it's well peak." ("Peak" means bad luck.) Why did the machine keep it? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Interest on savings and cash machines» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Interest on savings and cash machines

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Lucy forgets her card in the machine and moans, "Ugh, it ate my card, it's well peak." ("Peak" means bad luck.) Why did the machine keep it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Lucy, card, Peak, machine · **What happens:** forget, moan, eat, be, mean, keep · **To what, where:** card, machine, peak, bad luck, luck · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Interest on savings and cash machines» 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/27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Lucy forgets her card in the machine and moans, "Ugh, it ate my card, it's well peak."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines:t7:1
# text = Lucy forgets her card in the machine and moans, "Ugh, it ate my card, it's well peak."
1	Lucy	Lucy	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	forgets	forget	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	moans	moan	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
11	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	Ugh	ugh	INTJ	UH	_	15	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	ate	eat	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
16	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	17	nmod:poss	_	_
17	card	card	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	22	punct	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
21	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	22	advmod	_	_
22	peak	peak	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | present | Lucy | Lucy's card |  | the machine |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **moan** | present | Lucy *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn animal\_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **eat** *in a quote* | past | card | my card |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Patient |
| 4 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | card | peak |  |  |  | well *property* | 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:* ("Peak" means bad luck.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines:t7:2
# text = ("Peak" means bad luck.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Peak	peak	NOUN	NN	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	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	luck	luck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Why did the machine keep it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines:t7:3
# text = Why did the machine keep it?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | past · do-support | the machine | luck |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Because the machine was hungry for plastic that day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines:t7:o1:1
# text = Because the machine was hungry for plastic that day
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	plastic	plastic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	det	_	_
9	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | the machine |  |  |  | day | for plastic; hungry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To protect her, so nobody else could take it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines:t7:o2:1
# text = To protect her, so nobody else could take it
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	protect	protect	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	9	nsubj	_	_
7	else	else	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **protect** | to-infinitive |  |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **take** | could | nobody | it |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Because she had no money at all left in her account

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines:t7:o3:1
# text = Because she had no money at all left in her account
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	had	have	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	account	account	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | past | she | no money |  | all left in her account |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient |
| 2 | **account** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To fine her for being far too slow at the screen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:27-interest-on-savings-and-cash-machines:t7:o4:1
# text = To fine her for being far too slow at the screen
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	fine	fine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	for	for	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	cop	_	_
6	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
7	too	too	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fine** | to-infinitive |  |  | her *= she* |  |  |  | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | gerund |  |  |  | the screen |  | far, slow *property* | tree rules |

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