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title: Bro on holiday in Japan: "this sweet costs 100, that's a rip-off!" (… — Money around the world: euros, hryvnia… · tree and pragmatics
description: Bro on holiday in Japan: "this sweet costs 100, that's a rip-off!" ("Rip-off" means far too dear.) Is it? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 3 «Money around the world: euros, hryvnias, yuan and more» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each 
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# Test 2 · ★ · Money around the world: euros, hryvnias, yuan and more

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Bro on holiday in Japan: "this sweet costs 100, that's a rip-off!" ("Rip-off" means far too dear.) Is it?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Bro, that, Rip off, off · **What happens:** cost, be, mean · **To what, where:** 100, rip off · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 3 «Money around the world: euros, hryvnias, yuan and more» 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/3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more/#t2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Bro on holiday in Japan: "this sweet costs 100, that's a rip-off!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more:t2:1
# text = Bro on holiday in Japan: "this sweet costs 100, that's a rip-off!"
1	Bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	holiday	holiday	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	9	nsubj	_	_
9	sweet	sweet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	nsubj	_	_
10	costs	cost	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
11	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
13	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
16	rip	rip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	16	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	off	off	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cost** *in a quote* | present | Bro on holiday in Japan | 100 |  |  |  |  | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme 100=Value |
| 2 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | that | a rip off |  |  |  |  | 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:* ("Rip-off" means far too dear.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more:t2:2
# text = ("Rip-off" means far too dear.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	Rip	rip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	5	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	off	off	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	5	punct	_	_
7	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
9	too	too	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
10	dear	dear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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

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*Sentence 3:* Is it?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more:t2:3
# text = Is it?
1	Is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | off |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Yes, 100 yen is about £100

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more:t2:o1:1
# text = Yes, 100 yen is about £100
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	yen	yen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	£	£	SYM	$	_	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
```

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

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, 100 yen is only about 50p

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more:t2:o2:1
# text = No, 100 yen is only about 50p
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	9	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	yen	yen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	about	about	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	p	p	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | 100 yen | 50 p |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, sweets are free in Japan

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more:t2:o3:1
# text = No, sweets are free in Japan
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	sweets	sweet	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	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	Japan	Japan	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | sweets |  |  | Japan |  | free *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, 100 is a huge price for a sweet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:3-money-around-the-world-euros-hryvnias-yuan-and-more:t2:o4:1
# text = Yes, 100 is a huge price for a sweet
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	100	100	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	huge	huge	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sweet	sweet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | 100 | a huge price |  |  |  | for a sweet | tree rules |

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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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