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title: Ascertain the outcome of trading where six units are sold at fifty p… — The lemonade stand: cost, price, profi… · tree and pragmatics
description: Ascertain the outcome of trading where six units are sold at fifty pence each, whereas costs of £5 have been incurred. Exam question 2 of lesson 31 «The lemonade stand: cost, price, profit and loss» of the money course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 2 · The lemonade stand: cost, price, profit and loss

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Ascertain the outcome of trading where six units are sold at fifty pence each, whereas costs of £5 have been incurred.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, sell, incur · **To what, where:** outcome, six units, fifty, costs

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 31 «The lemonade stand: cost, price, profit and loss» of the money course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:e2:1
# text = Ascertain the outcome of trading where six units are sold at fifty pence each, whereas costs of £5 have been incurred.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	outcome	outcome	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	trading	trading	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
7	six	six	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	units	unit	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	sold	sell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	fifty	fifty	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	10	obl	_	_
13	pence	pence	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
16	whereas	whereas	SCONJ	IN	_	17	case	_	_
17	costs	cost	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	23	nsubj:pass	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	£	£	SYM	$	_	17	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	19	nummod	_	_
21	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	aux	_	_
22	been	be	AUX	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	23	aux:pass	_	_
23	incurred	incur	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the outcome of trading |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent outcome=Topic |
| 2 | **sell** | present · passive |  | six units |  | fifty |  | pence each | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: subject=Theme at fifty=Asset |
| 3 | **incur** | present · perfect · passive |  | costs |  |  |  |  | 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.

## The options {#options}

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

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A loss of £2

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:e2:o1:1
# text = A loss of £2
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	£	£	SYM	$	_	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A loss of £5

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:e2:o2:1
# text = A loss of £5
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	loss	loss	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	£	£	SYM	$	_	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	5	5	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A profit of £3

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:e2:o3:1
# text = A profit of £3
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	£	£	SYM	$	_	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	3	3	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A profit of £2

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:e2:o4:1
# text = A profit of £2
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	profit	profit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	£	£	SYM	$	_	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
```

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

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