--- title: The teacher says to Ben, "You're losing money, pal!" His prizes cost… — The school fair, famous companies and… · tree and pragmatics description: The teacher says to Ben, "You're losing money, pal!" His prizes cost £15 and 20 kids played at 50p. What would fix it? 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What would fix it? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** teacher, Ben, prizes, 20 kids · **What happens:** say, lose, cost, play, fix · **To what, where:** Ben, money, 50 p, p · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 2 of lesson 32 «The school fair, famous companies and being your own boss» 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/32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* The teacher says to Ben, "You're losing money, pal!" ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t2:1 # text = The teacher says to Ben, "You're losing money, pal!" 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 Ben Ben PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 " " PUNCT `` _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 8 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 losing lose VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 ccomp _ _ 11 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 , , PUNCT , _ 13 punct _ _ 13 pal pal NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ! ! PUNCT . _ 10 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 " " PUNCT '' _ 10 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: express* | present | the teacher | | Ben | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient S-Quote»: agent=Agent to ben=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **lose** *in a quote* | present · progressive | Ben | money and pal | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality | 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. *Sentence 2:* His prizes cost £15 and 20 kids played at 50p. ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t2:2 # text = His prizes cost £15 and 20 kids played at 50p. 1 His his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 prizes prize NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cost cost VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 £ £ SYM $ _ 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 15 15 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 4 nummod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 7 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 nsubj _ _ 9 played play VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 50 50 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 12 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 12 p p NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cost** | present | Ben's prizes | | | | | | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme £=Value | | 2 | **play** | past | 20 kids | | | 50 p | | | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | *Sentence 3:* What would fix it? ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t2:3 # text = What would fix it? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 obj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 fix fix VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **fix** | would | | p | | | | | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent what=Beneficiary it=Product | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Charging less per go and adding prizes ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t2:o1:1 # text = Charging less per go and adding prizes 1 Charging charge VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 csubj _ _ 2 less less ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 obj _ _ 3 per per ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 go go NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 adding add VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 7 prizes prize NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **charge** | gerund | | less | | | | per go | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location less=Theme | | 2 | **add** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Letting everyone play for free ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t2:o2:1 # text = Letting everyone play for free 1 Letting let VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 csubj _ _ 2 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 1 obj _ _ 3 play play VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | gerund | | everyone | | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme | | 2 | **play** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | for free | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for free=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Cheaper prizes or a higher price per go ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t2:o3:1 # text = Cheaper prizes or a higher price per go 1 Cheaper cheap ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 prizes prize NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 3 or or CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 6 amod _ _ 6 price price NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 conj _ _ 7 per per ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 go go NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 {#o4} Giving away even bigger prizes ```conllu # sent_id = question:money:32-the-school-fair-famous-companies-and-being-your-own-boss:t2:o4:1 # text = Giving away even bigger prizes 1 Giving give VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 even even ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 bigger big ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 prizes prize NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give away** | gerund | | bigger prizes | | | | away *property* | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent | **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. 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