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title: Dev's dad says, "Loyalty doesn't pay, son." Dev asks, "Why not just… — What a bank does with your money and w… · tree and pragmatics
description: Dev's dad says, "Loyalty doesn't pay, son." Dev asks, "Why not just stay?" On £1,000, the new bank pays 3% — sorry, 4% — and the old one 1%. How much more a year does he get by switching? Test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 28 «What a bank does with your money and why banks lend» of the money course of Mova's pr
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# Test 6 · ★★★ · What a bank does with your money and why banks lend

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Dev's dad says, "Loyalty doesn't pay, son." Dev asks, "Why not just stay?" On £1,000, the new bank pays 3% — sorry, 4% — and the old one 1%. How much more a year does he get by switching?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** dad, Loyalty, Dev, new bank, bank · **What happens:** say, not pay, ask, not stay, pay, get · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 6 · ★★★ of lesson 28 «What a bank does with your money and why banks lend» 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/28-what-a-bank-does-with-your-money/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Dev's dad says, "Loyalty doesn't pay, son."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:28-what-a-bank-does-with-your-money:t6:1
# text = Dev's dad says, "Loyalty doesn't pay, son."
1	Dev	Dev	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	_
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	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	Loyalty	loyalty	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
8	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	pay	pay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	son	son	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	vocative	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Dev's dad |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **pay** *in a quote* | present · do-support | Loyalty |  |  |  |  | son *vocative* | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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:* Dev asks, "Why not just stay?"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:28-what-a-bank-does-with-your-money:t6:2
# text = Dev asks, "Why not just stay?"
1	Dev	Dev	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
4	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	8	advmod	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | Dev |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **stay** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* On £1,000, the new bank pays 3% — sorry, 4% — and the old one 1%.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:28-what-a-bank-does-with-your-money:t6:3
# text = On £1,000, the new bank pays 3% — sorry, 4% — and the old one 1%.
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	1,000	1000	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	new	new	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	pays	pay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
9	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	—	-	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	sorry	sorry	INTJ	UH	_	10	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
16	—	-	PUNCT	:	_	22	punct	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	old	old	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	compound	_	_
21	1	1	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	20	flat	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	%	%	SYM	NN	Number=Sing	2	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pay** | present | the new bank |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent %=Asset |

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*Sentence 4:* How much more a year does he get by switching?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:28-what-a-bank-does-with-your-money:t6:4
# text = How much more a year does he get by switching?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	much	much	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
3	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	5	advmod	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	year	year	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
6	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	by	by	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	switching	switch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | present · do-support | bank |  |  |  | year |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **switch** | gerund | bank *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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£40

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:28-what-a-bank-does-with-your-money:t6:o1:1
# text = £40
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	40	40	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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£10

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:28-what-a-bank-does-with-your-money:t6:o2:1
# text = £10
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	10	10	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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£30

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:28-what-a-bank-does-with-your-money:t6:o3:1
# 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 4 {#o4}

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£20

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:28-what-a-bank-does-with-your-money:t6:o4:1
# text = £20
1	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	20	20	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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