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# Test 5 · ★★ · The lemonade stand: cost, price, profit and loss

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In a game, your lemonade stand earns money even with no customers, as long as the sun is out. What's wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lemonade stand, sun · **What happens:** earn, be · **To what, where:** money, game

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This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 31 «The lemonade stand: cost, price, profit and loss» 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/31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a game, your lemonade stand earns money even with no customers, as long as the sun is out.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:t5:1
# text = In a game, your lemonade stand earns money even with no customers, as long as the sun is out.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
6	lemonade	lemonade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	stand	stand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	earns	earn	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
10	even	even	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	13	det	_	_
13	customers	customer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
15	as	as	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
16	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
17	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	21	mark	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	21	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	out	out	ADV	RB	_	16	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **earn** | present | your lemonade stand | money |  | a game |  | with no customers; long *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the sun |  |  |  |  | out *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:* What's wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:t5:2
# text = What's wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nothing, real stands earn while nobody buys

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:t5:o1:1
# text = Nothing, real stands earn while nobody buys
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	earn	earn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	conj	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	8	nsubj	_	_
8	buys	buy	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | Nothing |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **earn** | present | Nothing *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **buy** | present | nobody |  |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Real stands earn money from the sun shining

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:t5:o2:1
# text = Real stands earn money from the sun shining
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
3	earn	earn	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	sun	sun	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	shining	shine	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **earn** | present |  | money |  | the sun |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme from sun=Source |
| 3 | **shine** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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In real life money only comes in when customers buy

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:t5:o3:1
# text = In real life money only comes in when customers buy
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
9	customers	customer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	buy	buy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come in** | present |  |  |  | real life money |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in money=Location |
| 2 | **buy** | present | customers |  |  |  |  |  | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Real stands are paid by the council per hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:t5:o4:1
# text = Real stands are paid by the council per hour
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	stands	stand	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	per	per	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | present | the council per hour *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **pay** | present · passive | the council per hour |  |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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