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# Test 8 · ★★ · The lemonade stand: cost, price, profit and loss

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A Canadian kid at the stand says, "Your lemonade's sour, eh, I'm going to Tim's." (Tim Hortons is a big coffee chain in Canada.) What does this show?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Canadian kid, Tim Hortons, this · **What happens:** say, go, be, show · **To what, where:** Tim, big coffee chain, Canada · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A Canadian kid at the stand says, "Your lemonade's sour, eh, I'm going to Tim's."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:t8:1
# text = A Canadian kid at the stand says, "Your lemonade's sour, eh, I'm going to Tim's."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Canadian	Canadian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	stand	stand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	13	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	Your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	lemonade	lemonade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	's	's	PART	POS	_	11	case	_	_
13	sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	eh	eh	INTJ	UH	_	13	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	19	punct	_	_
17	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	19	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	'm	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	ccomp	_	_
20	to	to	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	Tim	Tim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	's	's	PART	POS	_	21	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	19	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	19	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a Canadian kid at the stand |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **go** *in a quote* | present · progressive | a Canadian kid at the stand *= kid* |  |  | Tim |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to tim=Initial\_Location |

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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:* (Tim Hortons is a big coffee chain in Canada.)

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:t8:2
# text = (Tim Hortons is a big coffee chain in Canada.)
1	(	(	PUNCT	-LRB-	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	Tim	Tim	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	Hortons	Horton	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
6	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
7	coffee	coffee	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	chain	chain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	)	)	PUNCT	-RRB-	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Tim Hortons | a big coffee chain |  | Canada |  |  | tree rules |

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*Sentence 3:* What does this show?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:t8:3
# text = What does this show?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	this	this	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present · do-support | this |  |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Price is the only thing that matters

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:t8:o1:1
# text = Price is the only thing that matters
1	Price	price	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	only	only	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	thing	thing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Price | the only thing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **matter** | present | the only thing |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

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

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Quality matters: bad taste sends customers to rivals

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:t8:o2:1
# text = Quality matters: bad taste sends customers to rivals
1	Quality	quality	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	bad	bad	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	taste	taste	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	sends	send	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
7	customers	customer	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	rivals	rival	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | Quality |  |  |  |  |  | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **send** | present | bad taste | customers |  | rivals |  |  | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent customer=Theme to rival=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Canadians never buy lemonade from kids

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:t8:o3:1
# text = Canadians never buy lemonade from kids
1	Canadians	canadian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	3	advmod	_	_
3	buy	buy	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	lemonade	lemonade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **buy** | present | Canadians | lemonade |  |  |  | from kids | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lemonade=Theme from kid=Source |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Sour lemonade always sells better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:money:31-the-lemonade-stand-cost-price-profit-and-loss:t8:o4:1
# text = Sour lemonade always sells better
1	Sour	sour	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lemonade	lemonade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	sells	sell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sell** | present | Sour lemonade |  |  |  |  | always, good *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |

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